Curmudgeonly Definition
curmudgeonly
adjective
- brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"
Words that rhyme with curmudgeonly
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