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Meanings of curmudgeon in English

A bad-tempered person.

Usage of curmudgeon in English
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However, our local curmudgeon claims it creates 'a great level of annoyance'.
Radio NZ
2
Nice to know the curmudgeon in the nightclub is alive and well.
Reuters
3
He was not a curmudgeon with his money; he was no miser.
The Small House at Allington
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The old curmudgeon had gone, but the garden gate was again a-swing.
Peter: A Novel of Which He is Not the Hero
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Even the hardest curmudgeon tends to be disarmed by a laughing infant.
The Irish Times
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The old curmudgeon tells anecdote about the original Hilton in Plainview, Texas.
The new yorker
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You were a curmudgeon who railed against organ grinders and hoop rolling.
Wired
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Pronounce: Granada; Senor; ponderous; ghastly; obliterated; route; gaunt; hovel; curmudgeon; daunted.
The Elson Readers, Book 5
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The ECB is quite the opposite, the curmudgeon of central banks.
Reuters
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In a way my reputation has become that of the curmudgeon, he said.
Reuters
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The curmudgeon might even add that he should have scored more.
The Guardian
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My mate and I try to start a conversation with a dead-eyed curmudgeon.
Radio NZ
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And since you know, I may tell you that Grodman's a mean curmudgeon.
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
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So that is what you covet, you greedy curmudgeon-thatis it?
The Bride of the Nile — Volume 06
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The old curmudgeon accompanied the writer to the festivities at the Metropolitan Club.
The new yorker
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God's world, and a curmudgeon in it grudging God the life He gave!
Chivalry
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
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