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CURMUDGEONLY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brusque and surly and forbidding
Example:
a gruff reply
Synonyms:
crusty; curmudgeonly; gruff; ill-humored; ill-humoured
Classified under:
Similar:
ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)
Derivation:
curmudgeon (a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas)
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