Examples from literature

• Are you going to turn curmudgeon, too, like George and the rest of them? 
• But he's a crusty old curmudgeon, and I never hanker much to have him around. 
• I took the thing seriously, and I let every mean-fisted curmudgeon and crazy fanatic worry me, and keep me on pins and needles. 
• She'll be glad to get away from that old curmudgeon for a week. 
• What a selfish old curmudgeon he had been, always thinking of himself and his own likes and dislikes!