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But you know, I'm the negative-Nancy, curmudgeon, glass-half-empty-with-a-leak-in-it guy - which is basically the fuel that fires me up anyway. Without that, we wouldn't have me.
Maynard James Keenan

Meaning of "curmudgeon" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CURMUDGEON

Of unknown origin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CURMUDGEON

curmudgeon  [kɜːˈmʌdʒən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CURMUDGEON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Curmudgeon is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CURMUDGEON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Curmudgeon

Curmudgeon is a word meaning "an ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions" and may refer to: ▪ I, Curmudgeon, a 2004 documentary film by Alan Zweig ▪ The Comics Curmudgeon, blog analyzing newspaper comics ▪ Dyskolos, sometimes translated The Curmudgeon, an ancient Greek comic play by Menander ▪ I quatro rusteghi, sometimes translated The Four Curmudgeons, a comic opera ▪ Il burbero di buon cuore, sometimes translated The Good-Hearted Curmudgeon, a dramma giocoso or opera in two acts...

Definition of curmudgeon in the English dictionary

The definition of curmudgeon in the dictionary is a surly or miserly person.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CURMUDGEON


antigen
ˈæntɪdʒən
Belgian
ˈbɛldʒən
bhajan
ˈbʌdʒən
bludgeon
ˈblʌdʒən
Cajun
ˈkeɪdʒən
collagen
ˈkɒlədʒən
dudgeon
ˈdʌdʒən
dungeon
ˈdʌndʒən
gudgeon
ˈɡʌdʒən
humdudgeon
ˌhʌmˈdʌdʒən
hydrogen
ˈhaɪdrɪdʒən
legion
ˈliːdʒən
nitrogen
ˈnaɪtrədʒən
Norwegian
nɔːˈwiːdʒən
oxygen
ˈɒksɪdʒən
region
ˈriːdʒən
religion
rɪˈlɪdʒən
surgeon
ˈsɜːdʒən
Trojan
ˈtrəʊdʒən
trudgen
ˈtrʌdʒən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CURMUDGEON

curling iron
curling irons
curling pins
curling tongs
curlpaper
curly
curly bracket
curly lettuce
curly-coated retriever
curly-haired
curmudgeonly
curmurring
curn
curnaptious
Curnow
curny
curr
currach
curragh
currajong

WORDS THAT END LIKE CURMUDGEON

bourgeon
brain surgeon
carrier pigeon
dental surgeon
heart surgeon
microsurgeon
neurosurgeon
orthopaedic surgeon
orthopedic surgeon
passenger pigeon
pigeon
plastic surgeon
racing pigeon
smidgeon
stool pigeon
sturgeon
tree surgeon
widgeon
wigeon
wood pigeon

Synonyms and antonyms of curmudgeon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CURMUDGEON»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «curmudgeon» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of curmudgeon

Translation of «curmudgeon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CURMUDGEON

Find out the translation of curmudgeon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of curmudgeon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «curmudgeon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

倔老头
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cascarrabias
570 millions of speakers

English

curmudgeon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

curmudgeon
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

البخيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скряга
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rabugento
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কৃপণ লোক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grincheux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Curmudgeon
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Griesgram
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

意地の悪い人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

심술 궂은 구두쇠
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Curmudgeon
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

keo cú
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

curmudgeon
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कर्कश आवाज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cimri tip
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

curmudgeon
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mruk
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скнара
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bădăran
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μίζερος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vrek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

curmudgeon
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

curmudgeon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of curmudgeon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CURMUDGEON»

The term «curmudgeon» is regularly used and occupies the 65.515 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CURMUDGEON» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about curmudgeon

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4 QUOTES WITH «CURMUDGEON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word curmudgeon.
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Jonathan Frid
I'm an old curmudgeon and I know it.
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James Garner
People who don't know me think I'm easy-going, but I'm a pessimist by nature and an old curmudgeon.
3
Stacy Keach
This is definitely the first curmudgeon, no doubt about it.
4
Maynard James Keenan
But you know, I'm the negative-Nancy, curmudgeon, glass-half-empty-with-a-leak-in-it guy - which is basically the fuel that fires me up anyway. Without that, we wouldn't have me.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CURMUDGEON»

Discover the use of curmudgeon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to curmudgeon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Curmudgeon's Guide to Practicing Law
A collection of essays on how to survive and thrive in a law firm, written for recent law school graduates, discusses the basics of law firm etiquette and the essentials of law practice, from conducting research and dressing for success to ...
Mark Herrmann, 2006
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The Portable Curmudgeon
Presents a collection of cynical and irreverent quotations on such subjects as life, love, sex, children, government, psychoanalysis, and prominent celebrities
Jon Winokur, 1992
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The Curmudgeon Woman
With contributions ranging from Minna Antrim ("Experience is a good teacher, but she sends in terrific bills.") to Natalie Wood ("The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he's a baby."), The Curmudgeon Woman displays ...
Nancy Henley, Jacqueline Desire Goodchilds, 2000
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More and Different: Notes from a Thoughtful Curmudgeon
Philip Anderson was educated at University High School in Urbana, Illinois, at Harvard (BS 1943, PhD 1949), and further educated at Bell Laboratories, where his career (1949-1984) coincided with the greatest period of that remarkable ...
Philip W. Anderson, 2011
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The Curmudgeon's Guide to Getting Ahead: Dos and Don'ts of ...
Witty, wise, and pulling no punches, The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Getting Ahead is an indispensable sourcebook for living an adult life. From the Hardcover edition.
Charles Murray, 2014
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The Big Curmudgeon: 2,500 Irreverently Outrageous Quotations ...
The Big Curmudgeon is the richest collection yet of curmudgeonly commentary, combining all of the material from the bestselling Portable Curmudgeon and Portable Curmudgeon Redux, plus selections from A Curmudgeon’s Garden of Love—and ...
Jon Winokur, 2007
7
Curmudgeon in Corduroy: The Best of Jerry Flemmons' Texas
Jerry Flemmons' Texas is sometimes a place of sadness, even tragedy, sometimes a place of high jinx and great jokes, but most often, it's a place of vanishing traditions and long-ago days.
Jerry Flemmons, 2000
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The Computer Curmudgeon
Modeled after The Portable Curmudgeon, this collection of Macintosh definitions and rules of thumb, humorous one-liners by Ambrose Bierce, and reprints of the author's MacUser columns will satisfy even the most difficult Mac user.
Guy Kawasaki, 1992
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Cowboy Curmudgeon and Other Poems
This book contains 94 of his poems, including such classics as Reincarnation, along with 40 new poems published for the first time.Paperback; 25 black & white illustrations
Wallace McRae, 2009
10
Return of the Portable Curmudgeon
Profiles of three world-class wordsmiths--Alexander Woollcott, Oscar Wilde, and Robert Benchley--plus interviews with a variety of caustic commentators make this a collection of barbed remarks second to none.
Jon Winokur, Various, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CURMUDGEON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term curmudgeon is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ruplenas: Battle flags, LP's and transfats
After all, I am indeed a curmudgeon and I do lament the passing of the good old days. My most recent experience in noticing the decline in taste ... «Wicked Local Weymouth, Jul 15»
2
Ralston: Sizing up Cortez Masto vs. Heck matchup
... could not — which is dislodge the princely curmudgeon of the Club of 100 —has now become something much different, albeit still intriguing. «Reno Gazette Journal, Jul 15»
3
Fourth of July can make lasting memories
He was known as a curmudgeon for yelling at kids who cut through his yard. One Independence Day, my brothers and I observed several of the ... «Chicago Daily Herald, Jul 15»
4
Good luck placing Analytics in an org chart
Phil Karlton, once Netscape's Principal Curmudgeon, once wrote: There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and ... «The Predictive Analytics Times, Jul 15»
5
True Detective: Maybe Tomorrow Review
He goes to check on his dad, who isn't just a specter from his dreams, but a living, breathing curmudgeon. True Detective - Velcoro's House. «Gosu Tech, Jul 15»
6
Upcoming York Library events
... leave Oliver in the care of their new neighbor, Vincent (Bill Murray), a retired Vietnam vet curmudgeon with a desire for alcohol and gambling. «Seacoastonline.com, Jul 15»
7
New Jersey Online DDoS Attacks on Regulated Sites Arrive with …
In February 2014, Las Vegas Sands Corporation (LVS), owned by anti-online curmudgeon Sheldon Adelson, was subjected to a massive cyber ... «Casino.Org News, Jul 15»
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Classic interview with Ginger Baker: "You have to be mad to be a …
HE'S long had a reputation for making even an infamous rock curmudgeon like Lou Reed come across like someone's avuncular uncle, so I ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
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Opinion: Will Brazil's President Dilma Resign? a Smidgen
The Curmudgeon will not be surprised if she resigns within the next few ... The Curmudgeon will emit more Dismal Smidgens opportunely. «The Rio Times, Jul 15»
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Things to do this week: July 8-12
To add color to his life, he seeks the hand of the young Norina, but she has a plan of her own that may pur the old curmudgeon in his place. «Cincinnati.com, Jul 15»

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