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plural curmudgeons
An ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions, often an older man. quotations examples
After a while, as cultural debates became more polarized, the editorial tone of the New Criterion went from being charmingly curmudgeon to being bitterly shrill.
1996, Jeet Heer, Gravitas, Autumn 1996
How to Be a Curmudgeon on the Internet
2006, The New York Times
How should I respond, without appearing to be a curmudgeon?
2007, The Times
(archaic) A miser.