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curmudgeonery

curmudgeonery is the alternative form of curmudgeonry.

Meaning of curmudgeonry

Noun

curmudgeonry (uncountable)

  1. Behaviour characteristic of a curmudgeon; surly ill temper.

Questions about curmudgeonery

What is curmudgeonery the alternative form of?
Curmudgeonery is the alternative form of curmudgeonry.

Words near curmudgeonery in the dictionary

  1. curlyhead
  2. curlyheads
  3. curlytail
  4. curmudge
  5. curmudgeon
  6. curmudgeonery
  7. curmudgeonhood
  8. curmudgeonish
  9. curmudgeonism
  10. curmudgeonlier
  11. curmudgeonliest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: curmudgeonery (page history and authors); curmudgeonry (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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