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curmudgeonous

curmudgeonous adjective: synonym of curmudgeonly.

Adjective

curmudgeonous (comparative more curmudgeonous, superlative most curmudgeonous)

  1. Synonym of curmudgeonly.
    • The team grew fond of their gruff, curmudgeonous supervisor and feted him with a party upon his retirement.
    Synonyms:
    curmudgeonly

Synonyms of curmudgeonous

Forms of curmudgeonous

comparativemore curmudgeonous
superlativemost curmudgeonous

Origin of curmudgeonous

From curmudgeon + -ous.

Questions about curmudgeonous

What does curmudgeonous mean?
Curmudgeonous means synonym of curmudgeonly.
What part of speech is curmudgeonous?
Curmudgeonous is an adjective.

Words near curmudgeonous in the dictionary

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

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