Curmudgeonly

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Curmudgeonly \Cur*mudg"eon*ly\, a.
     Like a curmudgeon; niggardly; churlish; as, a curmudgeonly
     fellow.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  curmudgeonly
       adj : brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a
             crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff
             manner"; "a gruff reply" [syn: {crusty}, {gruff}, {ill-humored},
              {ill-humoured}]