Curmudgeonly

a.

1.

Like a curmudgeon; niggardly; churlish; as, a curmudgeonly fellow.

Adj.

1.

curmudgeonly - brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply" Synonyms: gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured, crusty

crusty, gruff, ill-humored, ill-humoured, ill-natured