Synonyms of curmudgeons

curmudgeons

noun

plural of curmudgeon

as in complainers

an irritable and complaining person

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• complainers
• crabs
• bears
• cranks
• mutterers
• hunks
• grumps
• sourpusses
• grouches
• murmurers
• grumblers
• whiners
• grousers
• gripers
• croakers
• growlers
• kickers
• bellyachers
• fussers
• soreheads
• killjoys
• spoilsports
• crosspatches
• defeatists
• pessimists
• malcontents
• nitpickers
• quibblers
• hypochondriacs
• faultfinders
• naggers
• grinches
• party poopers
• objectors
• crocks
• repiners

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• optimists
• Pollyannas
• happy campers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of curmudgeons

For The Times) Courtney does great old ladies and whining teens, Michaels plays great curmudgeons and Palermo is great at space work. — Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

Since 2018, Microsoft has answered those curmudgeons’ cries with the Surface Laptop line, now in its eighth generation. — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026

Stressed out, intense, curmudgeons – no, thank you. — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 28 Feb. 2026

Maybe people are curmudgeons and just don't like seeing their communities change. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 24 Feb. 2026

Come to think of it, a few especially forceful personalities fueled much of the clashing college curmudgeons economy. — Joe Rexrode, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026

Nostalgic curmudgeons will tell you the food’s gone downhill, but the wings taste better than ever. — Jay Deitcher, Time, 6 Aug. 2025

For curmudgeons who are lulled to sleep by auto racing, this kind of filmmaking may be the only answer. — Michael Ordoña, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 June 2025