Curmudgeon

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Overview of noun curmudgeon

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• curmudgeon -- (a Crusty1.) Crusted, encrusted, crusty, crustlike -- (having a hardened crust as a covering)
  
  2.) Crusty, curmudgeonly, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured -- (brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply")
  
  crusty irascible Cantankerous1.) Bloody-minded, cantankerous -- (stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate; "unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders"- Spectator)
  
  2.) Cantankerous, crotchety, ornery -- (having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers)
  
  cantankerous old Person1.) Person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul -- (a human being; "there was too much for one person to do")
  
  2.) Person -- (a human body (usually including the clothing); "a weapon was hidden on his person")
  
  person full of Stubborn1.) Stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate -- (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield)
  
  2.) Refractory, stubborn -- (not responding to treatment; "a stubborn infection"; "a refractory case of acne"; "stubborn rust stains")
  
  stubborn ideas)

Related Terms - "Curmudgeon"

Meaning 1 of Curmudgeoncurmudgeon oldster, old person, senior citizen, golden ager

• Ancient1.) Ancient, antediluvian -- (a very old person)
  
  2.) Ancient -- (a person who lived in ancient times)
  
  Ancient, Antediluvian1.) Antediluvian, antediluvian patriarch -- (any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge)
  
  2.) Ancient, antediluvian -- (a very old person)
  
  Antediluvian - A very old person

• Centenarian1.) Centenarian -- (someone who is at least 100 years old)
  
  1.) Centenarian -- (being at least 100 years old)
  
  Centenarian - Someone who is at least 100 years old

• Curmudgeon1.) Curmudgeon -- (a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas)
  
  Curmudgeon - A crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas

• Dodderer1.) Dodderer -- (one who dodders from old age and weakness)
  
  Dodderer - One who dodders from old age and weakness

• Dodo1.) Dodo, fogy, fogey, fossil -- (someone whose style is out of fashion)
  
  2.) Dodo, Raphus cucullatus -- (extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons)
  
  Dodo, Fogy1.) Dodo, fogy, fogey, fossil -- (someone whose style is out of fashion)
  
  Fogy, Fogey1.) Dodo, fogy, fogey, fossil -- (someone whose style is out of fashion)
  
  Fogey, Fossil1.) Dodo, fogy, fogey, fossil -- (someone whose style is out of fashion)
  
  2.) Fossil -- (the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil)
  
  Fossil - Someone whose style is out of fashion

• Dotard1.) Dotard -- (an oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect)
  
  Dotard - An oldster in his dotage; someone whose age has impaired his intellect

• Has-been1.) Has-been, back-number -- (someone who is no longer popular)
  
  Has-been, Back-number1.) Has-been, back-number -- (someone who is no longer popular)
  
  Back-number - Someone who is no longer popular

• Nonagenarian1.) Nonagenarian -- (someone whose age is in the nineties)
  
  1.) Nonagenarian -- (being from 90 to 99 years old; "the nonagenarian inhabitants of the nursing home")
  
  Nonagenarian - Someone whose age is in the nineties

• Octogenarian1.) Octogenarian -- (someone whose age is in the eighties)
  
  1.) Octogenarian -- (being from 80 to 89 years old)
  
  Octogenarian - Someone whose age is in the eighties

• Old boy1.) Old boy, old man -- (a familiar term of address for a man)
  
  2.) Old boy -- (a vivacious elderly man)
  
  Old boy - A familiar term of address for a man

• Old man1.) Old man, greybeard, graybeard, Methuselah -- (a man who is very old)
  
  2.) Old boy, old man -- (a familiar term of address for a man)
  
  Old man, Greybeard1.) Old man, greybeard, graybeard, Methuselah -- (a man who is very old)
  
  2.) Bellarmine, longbeard, long-beard, greybeard -- (a stoneware drinking jug with a long neck; decorated with a caricature of Cardinal Bellarmine (17th century))
  
  Greybeard, Graybeard1.) Old man, greybeard, graybeard, Methuselah -- (a man who is very old)
  
  Graybeard, Methuselah1.) Methuselah -- ((Old Testament) a patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years)
  
  2.) Old man, greybeard, graybeard, Methuselah -- (a man who is very old)
  
  Methuselah - A man who is very old

• Old woman1.) Old woman -- (a woman who is old)
  
  2.) Dusty miller, beach wormwood, old woman, Artemisia stelleriana -- (herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant)
  
  Old woman - A woman who is old

• Septuagenarian1.) Septuagenarian -- (someone whose age is in the seventies)
  
  Septuagenarian - Someone whose age is in the seventies

• Sexagenarian1.) Sexagenarian -- (someone whose age is in the sixties)
  
  1.) Sexagenarian -- (being from 60 to 69 years old; "the sexagenarian population is growing")
  
  Sexagenarian - Someone whose age is in the sixties