CURMUDGEON

curmudgeon

Noun

  1. A miser.
  2. An ill-tempered (and frequently old) person full of stubborn ideas or opinions.
    There's a cranky curmudgeon working at the hospital who gives all the patients and other doctors flak. (AKA Doctor House)
    John Doe's old age and stubborn aversion to new ideas make him a curmudgeon of a candidate.


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