| 单词 | curmudgeonly |
| 释义 | curmudgeonly (once / 71633 pages) adj When you're curmudgeonly, you come across as very grumpy and unfriendly. A curmudgeonly teacher answers students' questions in a cranky and inapproachable way. Waiting in a long, curmudgeonly line isn't much fun, since everyone around you seems irritable. Your own curmudgeonly mood might cause you to snap at your friends and complain about the weather, despite the fact that it's a beautiful day. The origin of the related noun curmudgeon is a mystery, although some experts guess at a connection to cur, or "dog." WORD FAMILYcurmudgeon: curmudgeonly, curmudgeons USAGE EXAMPLESMorella: As an actor you get to plunge yourself into the darker curmudgeonly aspect, and early on I don’t think there’s a limit to it. Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) But even with the no-guff Lendl in his camp, he has had no shortage of curmudgeonly moments. New York Times(Nov 10, 2016) Thoreau’s curmudgeonly presence floated above Greif’s childhood in the Massachusetts suburbs, not far from the site of the transcendentalist’s one-room cabin. Slate(Nov 08, 2016) adj brusque and surly and forbidding his curmudgeonly temper Syn crusty, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured ill-natured having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
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