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- noun The state or condition of being
curmudgeonly .
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Examples
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LICHTMAN: Yeah, it seems like he, you know, he, despite his sort of - his curmudgeonliness, really did appreciate technology.
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He's a man of many aliases, a master of disguise but, if one looks closely enough, his curmudgeonliness always shines through.
The Problem with Young People Today Is… The Nag 2009
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LICHTMAN: Yeah, it seems like he, you know, he, despite his sort of - his curmudgeonliness, really did appreciate technology.
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LICHTMAN: Yeah, it seems like he, you know, he, despite his sort of - his curmudgeonliness, really did appreciate technology.
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LICHTMAN: Yeah, it seems like he, you know, he, despite his sort of - his curmudgeonliness, really did appreciate technology.
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LICHTMAN: Yeah, it seems like he, you know, he, despite his sort of - his curmudgeonliness, really did appreciate technology.
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I can see how his combination of gentle clownishness and fierce curmudgeonliness would have a muse-like effect on the people he works with.
Serious and Silly Filmmaking in Denmark J. S. Marcus 2011
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One is glad of such outbursts, rare and for the most part mild as they are, for if the book has a fault, it lies in a certain blandness in the narrative voice, a perhaps too-easy acceptance of the world and its oddities and annoyances – at times in these pages one longs for a touch of the occasional curmudgeonliness of Paul Theroux, say, or the beady-eyed reprehensions of Theroux's erstwhile friend VS Naipaul.
Nocturne: A Journey in Search of Moonlight by James Attlee – review 2011
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LICHTMAN: Yeah, it seems like he, you know, he, despite his sort of - his curmudgeonliness, really did appreciate technology.
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LICHTMAN: Yeah, it seems like he, you know, he, despite his sort of - his curmudgeonliness, really did appreciate technology.
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