curmudgeon

1. An ill-tempered person full of stubborn ideas or opinions, often an older man.

   Near-synonyms: crank, grump; grumpy pants (often childish), sourpuss, grouch

   There's a cranky curmudgeon working at the hospital who gives all the patients and other doctors flak.

   Griesgram, Miesepeter, Spielverderber

   грубия́нgrubiján, грубия́нкаgrubijánka, старый ворчунstaryj

   a crusty irascible cantankerous old person full of stubborn ideas

2. (archaic)A miser.

1. Grandpa was a real curmudgeon to the very end.

   ruДедушка до конца своих дней был сущим скрягой.

   deDer Großpapa ist bis zu seinem Tode ein Geizhals geblieben.

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2. Don't be such a curmudgeon!

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3. If that old curmudgeon had had any children, he might not have become such a curmudgeon in the first place.

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4. How did you become such a curmudgeon? You used to be so cheerful all the time.

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