curmudgeon UK /kɜːˈmʌdʒ.ən/US /kɚˈmʌd͡ʒ.ən/ noun2 •An ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions, often an older man.There's a cranky curmudgeon working at the hospital who gives all the patients and other doctors flak.John Doe's old age and stubborn aversion to new ideas make him a curmudgeon of a candidate. •(no longer used) A miser. formscurmudgeons