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CURMUDGEONLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brusque and surly and forbidding

Example:

a gruff reply

Synonyms:

crusty; curmudgeonly; gruff; ill-humored; ill-humoured

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)

Derivation:

curmudgeon (a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas)

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