Curmudgeon (n)
kur-mudj-eon
A bad-tempered or surly person.
A person who has a permanent air of disgust and disappointment about them.
Example sentences
“Oh stop being such a curmudgeon, the theatre is fun.”
“She is a complete curmudgeon, her face is set in a permanent moue of disgust.”
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