curmudgeonly
adjective old-fashioned uk/kəˈmʌdʒ.ən.li/ us/kɚˈmʌdʒ.ən.li/
脾气暴躁地
often in a bad mood
a superb drama about a curmudgeonly old man 一部关于一个脾气暴躁的老人的精彩戏剧
"I don't want to sound curmudgeonly, but I really deserve to win the prize," she complained. “我不想显得态度不好，但我真的应该赢得这个奖项，”她抱怨道。
See: curmudgeon
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- I can't spend another Christmas trying to have conversations with your curmudgeonly great-uncle.
- She was often curmudgeonly and enjoyed breaking friendships.
- He's downright curmudgeonly when it comes to some of these issues!