as in crab
an irritable and complaining person
only a curmudgeon would object to the nursing home's holiday decorations
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Recent Examples of curmudgeon
Hence, in this digital age when many people no longer stock postage stamps or envelopes or have any idea where their nearest postal box might be, only the most irascible of curmudgeons would make the effort.
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Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2025
Amid Baldwin’s chaotic home life with his seven young children, his wife Hilaria Baldwin tries to depict him as a lovable curmudgeon who’s often misunderstood because of his famously volatile personality.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Even those who loved Katz described him as a curmudgeon whose feistiness fueled his larger-than-life personality.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025
Alice Scott, an optimistic writer chasing her big break, and Hayden Anderson, a Pulitzer-winning curmudgeon, find themselves on Little Crescent Island competing to write the biography of Margaret Ives, a reclusive heiress with a scandalous past.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
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Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2025
Amid Baldwin’s chaotic home life with his seven young children, his wife Hilaria Baldwin tries to depict him as a lovable curmudgeon who’s often misunderstood because of his famously volatile personality.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
Even those who loved Katz described him as a curmudgeon whose feistiness fueled his larger-than-life personality.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 29 Jan. 2025
Alice Scott, an optimistic writer chasing her big break, and Hayden Anderson, a Pulitzer-winning curmudgeon, find themselves on Little Crescent Island competing to write the biography of Margaret Ives, a reclusive heiress with a scandalous past.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 18 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for curmudgeon
Noun
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Who’s going to climb over all the other crabs and inevitably kill them in order to survive?—
Katie Kilkenny,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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The lobster and crab on a baguette at Linden in Los Angeles is a knuckle sandwich that’s also a knuckle sandwich.—
Andy Wang,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Set up a campsite away from places where bears might forage for food, such as creeks, rivers and other bodies of water.—
AZCentral.com,
AZCentral.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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For any Alaska visitors seeking to build up their life list, Katmai National Park serves as one of its crown jewels of natural beauty, brimming with hundreds of indigenous species to spot alongside the bears.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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So energy from pedaling is recovered at the crank and converted into electricity to drive a hub motor.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Aug. 2025
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The ensemble cast members are game and deliver spirited, crank-up-the-volume performances, notably the vamping about de Armas and the unravelling and often unclad Law.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
21 Aug. 2025
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To the detriment of the proceedings late in the second act, there is a wad of exposition gristle that brings things full stop in the form of a labored revelation of why Diamond is such a grump and perhaps maybe won’t be one in the future.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
30 July 2025
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Cross serves the town of Eddington as a useless figure of authority—a shiftless, asthmatic grump who mumbles complaints at lawbreakers and halfheartedly manages a staff of cops at his office.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
23 July 2025
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“Curmudgeon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curmudgeon. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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