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curmudgeonly

/kə(ɹ)ˈmʌdʒənli/

curmudgeonly adjective: characteristic of a curmudgeon; churlish.

Adjective

curmudgeonly (comparative curmudgeonlier or more curmudgeonly, superlative curmudgeonliest or most curmudgeonly)

  1. Characteristic of a curmudgeon; churlish.
    • In A League of Their Own (1992), as the shouty baseball coach to an all-girls team, he's once again a curmudgeonly but lovable mentor figure.2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC
    • Since Swift and Kelce debuted their relationship early in the season, certain (curmudgeonly) NFL fans grumbled over the numerous camera shots of the singer’s private box.2024 February 12, Alaina Demopoulos, “Romcom ending: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s big night at the Super Bowl”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

curmudgeonly meaning in Urdu and Bengali

curmudgeonly in Urdu

بدمزاجی سے, کنجوسی سے

curmudgeonly in Bengali

বদমেজাজী ব্যক্তির বৈশিষ্ট্যযুক্ত, অভদ্র, রুক্ষ

Forms of curmudgeonly

comparativecurmudgeonlier
comparativemore curmudgeonly
superlativecurmudgeonliest
superlativemost curmudgeonly

Origin of curmudgeonly

From curmudgeon + -ly.

Words formed from curmudgeonly

Questions about curmudgeonly

What does curmudgeonly mean?
Curmudgeonly means characteristic of a curmudgeon; churlish.
What is curmudgeonly in Urdu?
Curmudgeonly in Urdu is بدمزاجی سے, کنجوسی سے. See Curmudgeonly meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is curmudgeonly?
Curmudgeonly is an adjective.
How do you pronounce curmudgeonly?
Curmudgeonly is pronounced /kə(ɹ)ˈmʌdʒənli/.

Words near curmudgeonly in the dictionary

  1. curmudgeonish
  2. curmudgeonism
  3. curmudgeonlier
  4. curmudgeonliest
  5. curmudgeonliness
  6. curmudgeonly
  7. curmudgeonous
  8. curmudgeonry
  9. curmudgeons
  10. curmudgeony
  11. curmugeon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: curmudgeonly (page history and authors); curmudgeonly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); curmudgeonly (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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