Crossword-Solution: CURMUDGEON
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Curmudgeon | n. | An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl. |
We have 20 clues for the answer “CURMUDGEON”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Miser, old style. | 1 answer |
| Ickes' description of himself. | 1 answer |
| Cousin of a crosspatch. | 1 answer |
| Cantankerous type | 1 answer |
| Cantankerous old person who's against burying muck in drive | 1 answer |
| Cranky person | 2 answers |
| Old grouch | 3 answers |
| Cantankerous fellow | 3 answers |
| Bad-tempered person | 4 answers |
| nasty person | 5 answers |
| Vulgar person | 5 answers |
| Scrooge, for one | 6 answers |
| Rude person | 8 answers |
| Niggard | 11 answers |
| DISCOURTEOUS person | 14 answers |
| Sourpuss | 18 answers |
| Yokel | 30 answers |
| Churl | 32 answers |
| Pervert | 69 answers |
| Simpleton | 72 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with CURMUDGEON (5)
The chief and best-known one is the explanation of the word _curmudgeon_--``from the French cur, unknown, and _mechant_, a correspondent.'' The only explanation of this absurdly confused etymology is that an ignorant man was employed to copy from Johnson's Dictionary, where the authority was given as ``an unknown correspondent,'' and he, supposing these words to be a translation of the French, set them down as such.
Ted Nelson Self-described "innovator" and noted curmudgeon who self-published the influential Computer Lib book.
And the prince or nobleman must be a very stingy curmudgeon, to be sure, if, at least, when his own dinner was over, he would not bid them welcome to the broken victuals from the table.
Suppose she be not of birth fit to mate with our noble house!” Out upon thee, for an earth-bound, blind curmudgeon of a Lord High Chancellor.
With the best heart in the world, he contrived, through a predominant whim of contradiction, to earn for himself, among those who only knew him superficially, the character of a curmudgeon.
Quotes with CURMUDGEON (2)
If we are lucky enough, as I am, to be from time to time in quite close contact with young people, they can sometimes make it easier to hang on to this notion when they function, as every person does vis-a-vis every other person they come up against, as a mirror. Always we are being reflected in the eyes of others. Are we silly or sensible, stupid or clever, bad or good, unattractive or sexy...? We never stop being at least slightly aware of, if not actively searching for, an…
In another Christmas story, Dale Pearson, evil developer, self-absorbed woman hater, and seemingly unredeemable curmudgeon, might be visited in the night by a series of ghosts who, by showing him bleak visions of Christmas future, past, and present, would bring about in him a change to generosity, kindness, and a general warmth toward his fellow man. But this is not that kind of Christmas story, so here, in not too many pages, someone is going to dispatch the miserable son of…
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, NYT, WSJ.
Used 6 times in crossword archives (1953–2020).