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Meanings of curmudgeonly in inglês

Brusque and surly and forbidding.

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Usage of curmudgeonly in inglês
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Prematurely curmudgeonly, O'Rourke is a man forever on the outside looking in.
Reuters
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He was crusty, curmudgeonly, opinionated and a real delight to know.
Wired
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Benítez must wish he could revert to his old curmudgeonly ways.
The Guardian
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The familiarity is there, and the inspector is as curmudgeonly warm as usual.
The Irish Times
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From the off Byrne played up the role of the curmudgeonly old stager.
The Irish Times
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One or two, more curmudgeonly than their fellows, wouldn't even consider such nonsense.
The Tangle Box
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Yes, Myspace is one ugly, curmudgeonly bastard compared to its peers.
The Irish Times
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At one point he, rather curmudgeonly, asked the sound person to turn the PA off.
The Guardian
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Jollity isn't something that registers too often in my psyche, curmudgeonly git that I am.
The Irish Times
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The best thing about the movie is Ford's effortless star performance as the curmudgeonly Stonehill.
Reuters
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Even the most pedantic, curmudgeonly patriot in England would concur this was an epic innings.
The Guardian
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I was curmudgeonly about the whole device proliferation thing.
Reuters
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Still, Eddie aside, we're curmudgeonly this morning and are looking about for somebody to kick.
The Irish Times
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That's a whole lot of fans of curmudgeonly awkwardness.
Reuters
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I hope to revise that curmudgeonly opinion upwards.
The Guardian
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The curmudgeonly 74-year-old senator from Vermont was written off as a fringe candidate eight months ago.
The Irish Times
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