curmudgeonly

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curmudgeonly

/kə(ɹ)ˈmʌdʒənli/

adjective curmudgeonlier · more curmudgeonly · curmudgeonliest · most curmudgeonly

Characteristic of a curmudgeon; churlish. In A League of Their Own (1992), as the shouty baseball coach to an all-girls team, he's once again a curmudgeonly but lovable mentor figure.

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adj churlish

Deutsch	griesgrämig, missgelaunt

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@misc{curmudgeonly_2026,
  title = {curmudgeonly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/curmudgeonly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}