Curmudgeon

Definitions

1. An ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions, often an older man.
2. A miser.
   archaic

Equivalents

14 more languages

العربيةالبخيل

Češtinabručounmrzout

Ελληνικάσπάγγος

Esperantogrumblulo

Suomiäkämyskääkkä

हिन्दीबख़ील

Italianoburberomusone

日本語意地の悪い人

한국어꼰대

Македонскинамќор

Nederlandsiezegrimkankeraar

Polskiburczymuchagburmrukzrzęda+ 1 more

Portuguêscasmurrocaturrarabugento

Русскийгрубиянгрубия́нкастарый ворчун

Examples

“Near-synonyms: crank, grump; grumpy pants (often childish), sourpuss, grouch”

“There's a cranky curmudgeon working at the hospital who gives all the patients and other doctors flak.”

“John Doe's old age and stubborn aversion to new ideas make⟳ him a curmudgeon of a candidate.”

“After a while, as cultural debates became more polarized, the editorial tone of the New Criterion went from being charmingly curmudgeon to being bitterly shrill.”

“How to Be a Curmudgeon on the Internet”

“How should I respond⟳, without appearing to be a curmudgeon?”

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