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curmudgeon

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of curmudgeon

an irritable and complaining person

Only a curmudgeon would object to the nursing home's holiday decorations.

Synonyms of curmudgeon

bear, bellyacher, complainer, crab, crank, fusser, griper, grouch, grouser, growler, grumbler, grump, murmurer, mutterer, sourpuss, whiner

Words Related to curmudgeon

malcontent, sorehead

grinch, killjoy, party pooper, spoilsport

defeatist, pessimist

faultfinder, kicker, nagger, nitpicker, objector, quibbler, repiner

Near Antonyms of curmudgeon

optimist, Pollyanna

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