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curmudgeonly
Meaning: habitually bad-tempered and inclined to complain
curmudgeonly in a sentence
How curmudgeonly is used in real sentences:
The curmudgeonly neighbor complained whenever children played outside.
Her curmudgeonly uncle grumbled about the food, the chairs, and the weather.
“A curmudgeonly skeptic complained throughout, yet admitted that the arrangement protected him from judgment.”
— from the passage Answers Behind a Screen
Synonyms for curmudgeonly
Other words for curmudgeonly — grouchy, cantankerous and irascible — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of curmudgeonly
Words that mean the opposite of curmudgeonly:
Where it comes from
From curmudgeon, an old term for a bad-tempered person.
Memory hook
CUR-MUDGE-ONLY sounds like 'a grudge only': a curmudgeonly person clings to complaints.
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