curmudgeon /kər-mujˈən/

1. An avaricious, ill-natured churlish person
2. A miser

curmudˈgeonly adjective and adverb

• public inquiries
• public inquiry
• public international law
• publicise
• publicised
• publicises
• publicising
• publicist
• publicists
• publicities
• publicity
• publicize
• publicized
• publicizes
• publicizing
• public-key
• public lands
• public law
• public laws
• public lecture
• public lectures
• public lending right
• public liability
• public limited companies
• public limited company