Associations to the word «Curmudgeon»

Wiktionary

CURMUDGEON, noun. (archaic) A miser.
CURMUDGEON, noun. An ill-tempered (and frequently old) person full of stubborn ideas or opinions.

Dictionary definition

CURMUDGEON, noun. A crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas.

Wise words

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.
C. S. Lewis