Meanings
nouncurmudgeonhood (uncountable)
- uncountableThe 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
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curmudgeonhood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/curmudgeonhood
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