Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

curmudgeonous

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cur-mud-geonous
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of curmudgeonly.

Example Sentences

"The team grew fond of their gruff, curmudgeonous supervisor and feted him with a party upon his retirement."

Etymology

From curmudgeon + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: curmudgeon

Inflected Forms

more curmudgeonous (comparative) most curmudgeonous (superlative)

Synonyms

curmudgeonly

Questions

What does curmudgeonous mean?: Synonym of curmudgeonly.
Where does curmudgeonous come from?: From curmudgeon + -ous.

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