curmudgeon
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Adams was a balding curmudgeon from Massachusetts—brainy, argumentative and physically ill-favored.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026
Duvall drew on his inner curmudgeon throughout his career.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026
It’s a perfect role for curmudgeon specialist Paul Giamatti, if not quite the pure pleasure of a loser he previously played for director Alexander Payne in “Sideways.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2024
Grant is also a self-proclaimed miserable curmudgeon, which he’ll say with a straight face right before saying something completely contradictory.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2023
Dad says his uncle was a charming curmudgeon, which I think means grumpy with some niceness thrown in.
From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate
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