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Meaning of CURMUDGEONLY

Pronunciation:  kur'mujunlee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"
 
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 Synonyms: crusty, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured, ill-natured
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cur*mudg"eon*ly\, a.
Like a curmudgeon; niggardly; churlish; as, a curmudgeonly
fellow.
 

 

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