curmudgeonly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite brusque and surly and forbidding
    gruff; ill-humored; crusty; ill-humoured.
    • crusty remarks
    • a crusty old man
    • his curmudgeonly temper
    • gruff manner
    • a gruff reply

WordNet


Cur*mudg"eon*ly adjective
Definitions
  1. Like a curmudgeon; niggardly; churlish; as, a curmudgeonly fellow.

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