The meaning of CURMUDGEON is a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man. How to use curmudgeon in a sentence.
CURMUDGEON definition: a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person. See examples of curmudgeon used in a sentence.
What is a curmudgeon? How do you behave like one? Your questions, answered Traditionally, curmudgeons are grumpy old people, but there's a bit more to them than that! Curmudgeons are often stalwart voices of reason, and great role models...
Old, cranky, and more than a little stubborn, a curmudgeon is the gruff, grey-haired neighbor who refuses to hand out candy at Halloween and shoos away holiday carolers with a "bah humbug!"
Definition of curmudgeon noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
CURMUDGEON definition: 1. an old person who is often in a bad mood 2. an old person who is often in a bad mood. Learn more.
Near-synonyms: crank, grump; grumpy pants (often childish), sourpuss, grouch There's a cranky curmudgeon working at the hospital who gives all the patients and other doctors flak. John Doe's old age and stubborn aversion to new ideas make him a curmudgeon of a candidate.