curmudgeon

curmudgeon

1. äkämys

Liittyvät sanat: crank

Synonyymisanakirja

curmudgeon

tuittupää, äkäpussi, vanhus, vanhempi ihminen, seniorikansalainen, ikäihminen.

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Englannin sanakirja

curmudgeon (englanti > suomi)

1. äkämys, kääkkä

curmudgeon englanniksi

1. puhekieltä A miser.

2. An ill-tempered (and frequently old) person full of stubborn ideas or opinions.

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

John Does old age and stubborn aversion to new ideas make him a curmudgeon of a candidate.''

3. 1996, Jeet Heer, Gravitas, http://www.jeetheer.com/culture/newcriterion.htm Autumn 1996

After a while, as cultural debates became more polarized, the editorial tone of the New Criterion went from being charmingly curmudgeon to being bitterly shrill.

4. 2006, The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/18/technology/circuits/19POGUE-EMAIL.html?ex=1179201600&en=f058e59799358d61&ei=5070

How to Be a Curmudgeon on the Internet

5. 2007, The Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/court_and_social/modern_times/article1726275.ece

How should I respond, without appearing to be a curmudgeon?

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