Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Like a curmudgeon; avaricious; churlish.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Like a curmudgeon; churlish.
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- adjective Characteristic of a
curmudgeon ;churlish
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective brusque and surly and forbidding
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Examples
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It speaks, a little, to me as an affirmation the we (or maybe just I) are more optimistic than pessimistic, which is a bit of a stretch for someone that has been described as curmudgeonly since the age of about 18 or so.
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Veteran TV and stage actor Eric Peterson - best known as the curmudgeonly Oscar Leroy on
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We don't seem to be all that filled with holiday spirit around here, but I'm kind of curmudgeonly about that anyway except around my family, so I kind of don't mind ...
Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice Candid Engineer 2008
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Damon admits that some might consider this approach "curmudgeonly," but his larger point is that philanthropy will only reach its full potential by admitting and examining its weaknesses better than it does at present.
Archive 2007-07-01 2007
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Damon admits that some might consider this approach "curmudgeonly," but his larger point is that philanthropy will only reach its full potential by admitting and examining its weaknesses better than it does at present.
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Paul S: From yesterday's Observer, a review of the new compilation - complete with obligatory use of 'curmudgeonly':
FallNews 2001
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Loses points however for reducing The Fall's world view to "curmudgeonly".
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Rooney’s remark was curmudgeonly, which is what he does for a living.
Is Discrimination Against Latinos Getting More Costly? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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It's tempting for every generation to come over all 'curmudgeonly' with the next generation.
unknown title 2009
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Is there something curmudgeonly about the fact I take some pride in having read none of the 30 bestselling books of 2009 [9]?
A Progressive on the Prairie » Weekend Edition 3-27 » Print 2010
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