curmudgeonly


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Related to curmudgeonly: inhumane, inexplicably
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Synonyms for curmudgeonly

brusque and surly and forbidding

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So all this curmudgeonly woofle now, comes as a mystery to me.
And few characters have needed that kind of illumination more than Vincent, the enigmatic, curmudgeonly, alcoholic Vietnam vet played by Bill Murray in "St.
In 1928 curmudgeonly magician Stanley Crawford (Firth) leaves his fiancee in London to visit his Aunt Vanessa (an excellent Eileen Atkins) on the French Riviera.
But sometimes there's this curmudgeonly mood, too, when we want to hurry past them.
In 2013, there has been a lot of Billy Joel talk on The Scroll–mostly as I sought to defend the Bard of Long Island (an unofficial title) from the heinous slings and arrows of one curmudgeonly writer named Liel Leibovitz.
You would have to be a pretty curmudgeonly old soul not to be tickled" - Cambridge don and TV presenter Mary Beard.
Maybe a curmudgeonly dwarf playing Tickles the cat could come to the rescue.
The curmudgeonly character tried to ruin the season of goodwill by stealing presents in Dr Seuss's book How The Grinch Stole Christmas!
Although he denied being a Luddite, Keller's commentary did have a certain "You kids get off my lawn!" quality, the same curmudgeonly concern about the spoiled younger generation that has been a perpetual part of human history.
It is telling that the most vivid of all the characters is Knot, the curmudgeonly cat.
The letters included tips like importance of unexpected twist and humour in horror stories along with exposing a softer side to Dahl's character widely seen as a curmudgeonly figure.
Paula Byrne sets out to rescue Waugh from his reputation as a 'snob and a curmudgeonly misanthropist'.
Will the boy's trickery and subterfuge outwit the curmudgeonly toy?
When Poppy is swooped up by a bat, Ereth, that curmudgeonly porcupine, convinces himself that his dear Poppy has died, but she is really on quite the flying adventure.
Not quite an endorsement, but the curmudgeonly Kennedy wasn't exactly looking at Ayotte's likely opponent for aid and comfort either.