curmudgeon
/kur-MUJ-un/nouna bad-tempered, surly person
“The columnist plays the curmudgeon but tips like a saint.”
- Synonyms
- grouch, crank, misery
- Antonyms
- optimist
- Memory hook
- curmudgeon: the neighborhood's professional complainer.
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