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curmudgeonly

[ UK /kˈɜːməd‍ʒənli/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. brusque and surly and forbidding
    a gruff reply
    a crusty old man
    gruff manner
    crusty remarks
    his curmudgeonly temper

How To Use curmudgeonly In A Sentence

  • Among those of us who look on, a few will be curmudgeonly - carping at inaccuracies or misrepresentations of the original.
  • At some moments the soloist's rubato might have seemed overly attenuated, but it would be curmudgeonly to complain, particularly in the light of his ravishingly beautiful treatment of sequential passages.
  • At this point she clearly dismissed me as a curmudgeonly fussbudget, which I most assuredly am. Laissez-Fairing: Rules vs. Aerodynamics
  • Paul S: From yesterday's Observer, a review of the new compilation - complete with obligatory use of 'curmudgeonly': FallNews
  • Neither was much liked on release - his curmudgeonly socialism was out of step with the times - but hindsight may teach us to value them better.
  • Many of the books we see these days perched perfectly in high street seasonal window displays are written by static, worn-out, curmudgeonly blatherskites.
  • his curmudgeonly temper
  • With beetled brow, sour humor and a curmudgeonly look at life, Rooney has become a media staple. Five People Born on January 14 | myFiveBest
  • Overpriced in my opinion, but at least on the brink of bearability, even with my curmudgeonly grumbling.
  • We don't seem to be all that filled with holiday spirit around here, but I'm kind of curmudgeonly about that anyway except around my family, so I kind of don't mind ... Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice
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