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curmudgeonly
adjective
(cur-mudg-eon-ly)
brusque and surly and forbidding
Synonyms:
crusty
,
gruff
, ill-humored, ill-humoured,
Examples:
His curmudgeonly temper.
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gruff
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crusty
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ill-humored
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ill-humoured
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ill-natured
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cantankerous
,
crotchety
,
irascible
,
grumpy
,
cranky
,
grouchy
,
crabby
,
ornery
,
acerbic
,
misanthropic
,
avuncular
,
dyspeptic
,
sardonic
,
humorless
,
peevish
,
pompous
,
snappish
,
churlish
,
surly
,
waspish
,
snarky
,
supercilious
,
eccentric
,
sarcastic
,
morose
,
snobbish
,
smug
,
querulous
,
pugnacious
,
smarmy
,
snooty
,
boorish
,
choleric
,
taciturn
,
disdainful
,
haughty
,
garrulous
,
splenetic
,
genial
,
dotty
,
droll
,
nerdish
,
wry
,
doltish
,
priggish
,
amiable
,
tweedy
,
lovable
,
pedantic
,
weaselly
,
hangdog
,
doddering
,
erudite
,
daffy
,
censorious
,
oafish
,
owlish
,
clubbable
,
flinty
,
grizzled
,
dimwitted
,
bumptious
,
grumbly
,
incommunicative
,
demented
,
glib
,
loveable
,
slobbish
,
bewhiskered
,
snide
,
buffoonish
,
jocular
,
puckish
,
jowly
,
goatish
,
foppish
,
neurotic
,
condescending
,
waggish
,
orotund
,
tenderhearted
,
falstaffian
,
ambitionless
,
stolid
,
smirky
,
senile
,
grandfatherly
,
sly
,
sententious
,
affable
,
schoolmasterly
,
thickheaded
,
philistine
,
phlegmatic
,
effete
,
curmudgeonly
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