Curmudgeonly has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
brusque and surly and forbidding
"crusty remarks"
"a crusty old man"
"his curmudgeonly temper"
"gruff manner"
"a gruff reply"
2
Characteristic of a curmudgeon; churlish
Example Sentences
"crusty remarks"
adjective
"a crusty old man"
adjective
"his curmudgeonly temper"
adjective
"gruff manner"
adjective
"a gruff reply"
adjective