curmudgeon

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English - Turkish
cimri kimse
huysuz adam
tamahkâr
huysuz herif
{i} aksi kimse
{i} cimri tip
curmudgeonly tamahkâr

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curmudgeonly
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English - English
An ill-tempered (and frequently old) person full of stubborn ideas or opinions

John Doe's old age and stubborn aversion to new ideas make him a curmudgeon of a candidate.

A miser
{n} a miser, niggard, griper, churl
disapproval If you call someone a curmudgeon, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered. such a terrible old curmudgeon. someone who is often annoyed or angry, especially an old person
An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl
{i} grouchy person, one who is ill-tempered, surly stubborn person
a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas

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curmudgeonly
Characteristic of a curmudgeon; churlish
curmudgeonly
{a} covetous, niggardly, churlish
curmudgeonly
disapproval If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered
curmudgeonly
{s} stingy, unpleasant, bad-tempered
curmudgeonly
brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"
curmudgeonly
Like a curmudgeon; niggardly; churlish; as, a curmudgeonly fellow
curmudgeons
plural of curmudgeon
curmudgeon

    Hyphenation

    cur·mudg·eon

    Turkish pronunciation

    kırmʌcîn

    Pronunciation

    /kərˈməʤən/ /kɜrˈmʌʤɪn/

    Etymology

    [ (")k&r-'m&-j&n ] (noun.) 1577. While numerous folk etymologies surround this word, there is widely accepted etymology. An alternative spelling attested in 1600 is cornmudgin, in Holland's translation of Livy, rendering frumentarius "corn-merchant". This has been suggested as the original form of the word, but OED notes that curmudgeon is attested some years before this, concluding that cornmudgin was merely a nonce-word by Holland. The word is attested from the late 16th century, in the forms curmudgeon, curmudgen, during the 17th century also in numerous spelling variants, including cormogeon, cormogion, cormoggian, cormudgeon, curmudgion, curmuggion, curmudgin, curr-mudgin, curre-megient.
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