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curmudgeonly
habitually bad-tempered and inclined to complain
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curmudgeonly in a sentence
The curmudgeonly neighbor complained whenever children played outside.
Her curmudgeonly uncle grumbled about the food, the chairs, and the weather.
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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