Curmudgeonous

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of curmudgeonly.

    "The team grew fond of their gruff, curmudgeonous supervisor and feted him with a party upon his retirement."

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curmudgeonly

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"The team grew fond of their gruff, curmudgeonous supervisor and feted him with a party upon his retirement."

Etymology

From curmudgeon + -ous.

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