The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CRAB which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2024.
Curmudgeon crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CRAB | 36 % | 4 |
| COOT | 30 % | 4 |
| GRUMP | 18 % | 5 |
| CRANK | 6 % | 5 |
| MEANIE | 3 % | 6 |
| CHURL | 3 % | 5 |
| SOURPUSS | 3 % | 8 |
Why may GRUMP be the right solution?
The word "curmudgeon" refers to a person who is cranky or ill-tempered. The word "grump" is a colloquial term that means the same thing. Therefore, "grump" is the right answer because it is a synonym for "curmudgeon."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Curmudgeon
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- crab
- grump
- codger
- grouch
- grouchy
- sourpuss
- windbag
- misanthrope
- cynic
- geezer
- blowhard
- whiner
Crossword Answer definitions
CRAB noun- A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat
- A bad-tempered person.
- (in plural crabs) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- A playing card with the rank of three.
- A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- An unsold book that is returned to the publisher.
- To fish for crabs.
- To ruin.
- To complain.
- To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- To move (a camera) sideways.
- (World War I), to fly slightly off the straight-line course towards an enemy aircraft, as the machine guns on early aircraft did not allow firing through the propeller disk.
- To back out of something.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- (obsolete) To irritate, make surly or sour
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- Short for carabiner.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result CRAB
- Blue, stone or fiddler
- Complain, needlessly
- Grumpy person
- Bellyache
- Fiddler, for one
- Grouch
- Grump
- Grumpy one
- Curmudgeon
- Tasty cake?
More clues leading to the result COOT
- Crotchety one
- Scoter
- Geezer
- Marsh hen
- Swimming bird to which weird old people might be compared
- Curmudgeon
- Foolish old man
- Diving bird
- Aquatic avian
- Eccentric oldster
More clues leading to the result GRUMP
- Complainer
- Chronic complainer
- Constant complainer
- Sourpuss
- Crotchety one
- Curmudgeon
- Crotchety sort
- Grouchy guy
- Crabby sort
- Grouchy one
More clues leading to the result CRANK
- Start the Model T
- Early auto starter
- Kind of call that's hard to make in the era of cell phones
- Mouse Trap part
- Hater
- Irascible sort
- Rube Goldberg device item
- Antique-car starter
- Grouchy person
- Sourpuss
More clues leading to the result MEANIE
- "Yellow Submarine" villain
- Blue __ ("Yellow Submarine" villain)
- Malicious individual
- Nasty one
- Bully, e.g.
- Bad guy
- Schoolyard bully
- See 31-Across
- Blue Beatles baddie
- Nasty guy