Meanings
- Curmudgeonly.
Dancing, she knows this can' t last. Tomorrow she'll be back to her usual curmudgeony self.
2007, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, Queen of Dreams, Anchor, →ISBN, page 3392 more examples
But she's got — that is, she used to have — an uncle, the very rich, curmudgeony sort, you know, who never gave anyone a penny.
1938, Dorothy Leigh Sayers, The Dawson Pedigree and Lord Peter Views the Body1986, United Methodist Church (United States). West Michigan Conference, Minutes of the West Michigan Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church Offered daily thanks for Editor Ed (Duncan) with appreciation for the fact that he continues to be crusty, curmudgeony, competent, committed, caring, crafty and cool, at least five days out of every seven, proving to the amazement of absolutely everyone that preachers can print... or is it that printers can preach.
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