curmudgeon

[ ker-muhj-uhn ]

noun

1. a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person.

   Synonyms: crosspatch, kvetch, sourpuss, bear, crank, grump, grouch

curmudgeon

/ kɜːˈmʌdʒən /

noun

1. a surly or miserly person

Derived Forms

• curˈmudgeonly, adjective

Other Words From

• cur·mudg·eon·ly adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of curmudgeon¹

First recorded in 1570–80; unexplained; perhaps cur-, representing cur

Word History and Origins

Origin of curmudgeon¹

C16: of unknown origin

Example Sentences

Simply maintaining its funny wouldn’t be especially remarkable, regardless of Ford’s admirable comic timing as the group’s unofficially patriarch/wise man/curmudgeon.

From Salon

The two differing beliefs between Solange, a bullheaded and Bible-thumping curmudgeon and Belinda, a free-thinking anthropology educator of Haitian descent, lead to a literal house divide.

From Salon

Titled “The Lou and Edie Story,” the Season 4 episode centers on Ed Asner’s lovable curmudgeon Lou Grant, whose wife leaves him midlife to start her own journey, a subject, he divulges in the episode, that they talked about in couples therapy.

From Los Angeles Times

Larry is the lying, socially inept, passively offensive curmudgeon you wouldn’t be able to stand in real life.

From Los Angeles Times

Willie Nelson’s 152nd album and Benedict Cumberbatch playing a curmudgeon puppeteer in “Eric” on Netflix are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.

From Seattle Times