Curmudgeonly
Curmudgeonly adjective - Brusque and surly and forbidding.
Short-tempered and curmudgeonly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Short-tempered" instead an adjective "Curmudgeonly".
Nearby Word: curmudgeon
Short-tempered
Short-tempered adjective - Easily irritated or annoyed.
Usage example: shop customers learned not to bother the short-tempered dog on their way out
Curmudgeonly and short-tempered are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Curmudgeonly" instead an adjective phrase "Short-tempered".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- gruff and curmudgeonly
- gruff and short-tempered
- irritable and curmudgeonly
- irritable and short-tempered
- cranky and curmudgeonly
- cranky and short-tempered
- surly and curmudgeonly
- surly and short-tempered
- testy and curmudgeonly
- testy and short-tempered
- touchy and curmudgeonly
- touchy and short-tempered
- irascible and curmudgeonly
- irascible and short-tempered
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Short-tempered and Curmudgeonly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/curmudgeonly/short-tempered
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Short-tempered or Curmudgeonly. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/curmudgeonly/short-tempered.
