curmudgeonly

English

Etymology

curmudgeon +‎ -ly

Adjective

curmudgeonly (comparative curmudgeonlier or more curmudgeonly, superlative curmudgeonliest or most curmudgeonly)

Characteristic of a curmudgeon; churlish
- 2021 February 9, Christina Newland, “Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars?”, in BBC‎:
  In A League of Their Own (1992), as the shouty baseball coach to an all-girls team, he's once again a curmudgeonly but lovable mentor figure.

Translations

churlish

German: griesgrämig (de), missgelaunt (de)

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