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anoldpersonwho is often in abadmood 脾气乖戾的老人,坏脾气的老人 (Definition ofcurmudgeonfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)- Are you going to turn curmudgeon, too, like George and the rest of them?
- But he's a crusty old curmudgeon, and I never hanker much to have him around.
- I took the thing seriously, and I let every mean-fisted curmudgeon and crazy fanatic worry me, and keep me on pins and needles.
- She'll be glad to get away from that old curmudgeon for a week.
- What a selfish old curmudgeon he had been, always thinking of himself and his own likes and dislikes!
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