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curmudgeonhood

curmudgeonhood noun: the status of being a curmudgeon.

Noun

curmudgeonhood (uncountable)

  1. The status of being a curmudgeon
    • True, he's a little young for full curmudgeonhood, but he's been working tirelessly at it for years, and he takes a gadfly's delight in pointing out that this or that emperor has no clothes.1978 Jan-Jun, Dick Rath, “Odd Lot”, in Boating

Origin of curmudgeonhood

From curmudgeon + -hood.

Questions about curmudgeonhood

What does curmudgeonhood mean?
Curmudgeonhood means the status of being a curmudgeon.
What part of speech is curmudgeonhood?
Curmudgeonhood is a noun.

Words near curmudgeonhood in the dictionary

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

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