curmudgeon

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• Curmudgeon — may refer to: I, Curmudgeon, a 2004 documentary film by Alan Zweig The Comics Curmudgeon, blog analyzing newspaper comics Dyskolos, sometimes translated The Curmudgeon, and ancient Greek comic play by Menander I quatro rusteghi, sometimes… …   Wikipedia

• Curmudgeon — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Curmudgeon es una canción de la banda de grunge estadounidense, Nirvana. Contenido 1 Versiones comerciales 2 Versiones en vivo 3 Curiosidades …   Wikipedia Español

• Curmudgeon — Cur*mudg eon (k?r m?j ?n), n. [OE. cornmudgin, where mudgin is prob. from OF. muchier, mucier, F. musser to hide; of uncertain origin; cf. OE. muchares skulking thieves, E. miche, micher.] An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• curmudgeon — (n.) 1570s, of unknown origin; the suggestion, based on a misreading of a garbled note from Johnson, that it is from Fr. coeur mechant evil heart is not taken seriously; the first syllable may be cur dog. Liberman says the word must have been… …   Etymology dictionary

• curmudgeon — ► NOUN ▪ a bad tempered or surly person. DERIVATIVES curmudgeonly adjective. ORIGIN of unknown origin …   English terms dictionary

• curmudgeon — [kər muj′ən] n. [< ?] a surly, ill mannered, bad tempered person; cantankerous fellow curmudgeonly adj …   English World dictionary

• curmudgeon — noun /kɜː(ɹ)ˈmʌdʒ.ən,kɚˈmʌdʒən/ a) A miser. Theres a cranky curmudgeon working at the hospital who gives all the patients and other doctors flak. b) An ill tempered (and frequently old) person full of stubborn ideas or opinions …   Wiktionary

• curmudgeon — [[t]kə(r)mʌ̱ʤən[/t]] curmudgeons N COUNT (disapproval) If you call someone a curmudgeon, you do not like them because they are mean or bad tempered. [OLD FASHIONED] ...such a terrible old curmudgeon …   English dictionary

• curmudgeon — UK [kɜː(r)ˈmʌdʒ(ə)n] / US [kərˈmʌdʒən] noun [countable] Word forms curmudgeon : singular curmudgeon plural curmudgeons old fashioned someone who gets annoyed easily, especially an old person …   English dictionary

• curmudgeon — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [kur MUJ un] a grouchy or ill tempered person. The prickly, old curmudgeon wouldn t let us walk through his yard without yelling at us. SYN.: grouch, *grump, *bear, *grizzly bear, crab, malcontent,… …   English dictionary for students

• curmudgeon — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1568 1. archaic miser 2. a crusty, ill tempered, and usually old man • curmudgeonliness noun • curmudgeonly adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary