curmudgeonly
brusque and surly and forbidding - crusty remarks - a crusty old man - his curmudgeonly temper - gruff manner - a gruff reply • Syn: crusty, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured • Similar to: ill-natured • Derivationally related forms: gruffness (for: gruff), curmudgeon, crust (for: crusty)
|
|