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Recent Examples of curmudgeonly
The Leafs winger leans more on the delightfully curmudgeonly side.
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Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
Gary Oldman stars as the curmudgeonly Jackson Lamb, who leads MI5, a unit full of low-level spies that includes Jack Lowden’s River Cartwright.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
O’Neill is playing the mom’s curmudgeonly father-in-law who seems intent on making everyone’s life miserable.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 22 Sep. 2025
Gary Oldman plays Jackson Lamb in the series, the curmudgeonly and flatulent chief of Slough House where all the MI5 misfits are sent.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Dunham and his characters, which include Peanut the Woozle, Jose Jalapeño on a Stick, curmudgeonly Walter and Ahmed the Dead Terrorist, have made nine comedy specials for Comedy Central, NBC and other TV and cable networks and streaming platforms.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2025
Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
Gary Oldman stars as the curmudgeonly Jackson Lamb, who leads MI5, a unit full of low-level spies that includes Jack Lowden’s River Cartwright.
—Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
O’Neill is playing the mom’s curmudgeonly father-in-law who seems intent on making everyone’s life miserable.
—Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 22 Sep. 2025
Gary Oldman plays Jackson Lamb in the series, the curmudgeonly and flatulent chief of Slough House where all the MI5 misfits are sent.
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Dunham and his characters, which include Peanut the Woozle, Jose Jalapeño on a Stick, curmudgeonly Walter and Ahmed the Dead Terrorist, have made nine comedy specials for Comedy Central, NBC and other TV and cable networks and streaming platforms.
—Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for curmudgeonly
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Getty portrayed the cantankerous but charming matriarch Sophia Petrillo, the mother of Arthur's character, and McClanahan played the flirtatious Southern belle Blanche.—
Ashley Hume , Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Tudyk played Sonny, a robot who helps the cantankerous detective uncover the truth behind his creator's death.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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At 0-2, the Chiefs may be a little more ornery than usual.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
22 Sep. 2025
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The goal is to capitalize on the holidays when kids will be out of school and eager to see some ornery avians.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
18 Sep. 2025
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Trying to Kill Each Other' And Walken is marvelous — querulous, petty, cruel — as the Emperor.—
Tom Gliatto,
Peoplemag,
29 Feb. 2024
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Instead, Gerwig and Baumbach promote querulous sloganeering.—
Armond White,
National Review,
19 July 2023
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In the solo debut for the writer-director Shih-Ching Tsou, a mother and her two daughters—one a surly teenager, the other a curious child—build a home in Taipei.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
20 Sep. 2025
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In the span of a few months rehabbing in Los Angeles in 2023, an oft-surly 40-year-old quarterback became pals with a 25-year-old goofball of a running back.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But Kael sensed in her less dyspeptic moments that there was something special about Redford.—
Stephen Galloway,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Julia is playing a version of herself that is more irascible.—
THR Staff,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Sep. 2025
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Eventually, Kaplan, now 80, and co-creator Alan Sacks decided that Kaplan should play a former student who returns to his high school as a teacher, who’s now in charge of a remedial class of irascible teens.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
18 Sep. 2025
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As the Platinum Chalice status holder, Adomian adopts an old man’s slow gait and crotchety American geriatric voice to yet another ovation.—
John Roy,
Vulture,
8 May 2025
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There are no shaky limbs in Wolfs, though there are some creaky joints, and an Advil joke—because aches and pains are a thing men can joke about, charmingly, while women who do the same run the risk of coming off as crotchety old complainers.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
20 Sep. 2024
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Over the weekend, reports emerged that the higher tariffs followed a disagreeable Thursday phone call between Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter and Trump — which Swiss officials rejected, according to Reuters.—
Sophie Kiderlin,Jenni Reid,
CNBC,
4 Aug. 2025
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Trump and his supporters prefer a happy history, a pleasant history that arouses patriotism by overlooking disagreeable people and despicable events that sully the nation’s reputation and mar the magnificence of the American story.—
William C. Hine,
Twin Cities,
23 July 2025
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“Curmudgeonly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/curmudgeonly. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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