The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GRUFF which also is the latest solution we found used in Chronicle of Higher Education in 2016.
Curmudgeonly crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GRUFF | 44 % | 5 |
| MEAN | 22 % | 4 |
| CRABBY | 11 % | 6 |
| CYNICAL | 11 % | 7 |
| ORNERY | 11 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Curmudgeonly
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ill-humored
- ill-natured
- gruff
- ill-humoured
- crusty
- mulish
- churly
- blackguardly
- grumpish
- querimonious
- brattish
- curlike
Crossword Answer definitions
GRUFF verb- To speak gruffly.
- Having a rough, surly, and harsh demeanor and nature.
- Hoarse-voiced.
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 GRUFF
- Brusque
- Fairy-tale billy goat
- Curmudgeonly
- Churlish
- Brusque and surly
- Crusty
- Surly
- Hoarse
- Bearish.
- Harsh and throaty.
More clues leading to the result MEAN
- Average
- Cruel
- Intend
- Like football's Joe Greene
- Low-down and nasty
- Greenwich __ time
- Nasty
- __-spirited
- Low-down
- Downright nasty
More clues leading to the result CRABBY
- Inclined to complaining
- In an unpleasant mood
- Ill-tempered
- Peevish
- Like a grouch
- Cantankerous
- Like Lucy of "Peanuts"
- In a foul mood
- Churlish
- Irritable
More clues leading to the result CYNICAL
- Distrusting
- "In my 'Advanced Pharmacology' class, we were given a lecture on ___" (with 38 Across)
- Showing mockery
- Sardonic
- Critically contemptuous
- Bitter
- Hardly Pollyanna-ish
- Curmudgeonly
- Distrustful and gloomy.
- Misanthropic.