Associations to the word «Curmudgeonly»
Wiktionary
CURMUDGEONLY, adjective. Characteristic of a curmudgeon; churlish
Dictionary definition
CURMUDGEONLY, adjective. Brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply".
Wise words
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.