Curmudgeonly

Synonyms for curmudgeonly
adj irritable, often due to old age

grouchy
grumpy
crusty
ornery
cantankerous
awkward
bad-tempered
contrary

crabby
cranky
cross
difficult
disagreeable
eccentric
fractious
irritable

obstinate
obstreperous
odd
peevish
queer
surly
testy
unusual

waspish
bearish
cross-grained
vinegary
waspy

Antonyms for curmudgeonly

pleasant
cheerful

happy
nice

Synonyms
adj conservative with resources; careful

efficient
cost-effective
prudent
practical
avaricious
canny
chary
circumspect
close

closefisted
frugal
meager
mean
methodical
miserly
parsimonious
penny-pinching
penurious

provident
saving
spare
sparing
stingy
thrifty
tight
watchful
money-saving

niggardly
on the rims
penny-wise
prudential
scrimping
skimping
time-saving
unwasteful
work-saving

Antonyms

inefficient
expensive
wasteful

careless
uncareful
uneconomical

unreasonable

Synonyms
adj stingy

avaricious
cheap
chintzy
economical
frugal
greedy

miserly
parsimonious
penny-pinching
saving
sparing
thrifty

tightfisted
uncharitable
ungenerous
close-fisted
costive
hoarding

pennywise
pinchpenny
scrimping
ungiving

Synonyms
adj penny-pinching, averse to spending money

frugal
miserly
thrifty
greedy
selfish
ungenerous
acquisitive
avaricious
chary
cheap
chintzy

churlish
close
covetous
economical
extortionate
grasping
ignoble
illiberal
mean
narrow
near

parsimonious
penurious
petty
rapacious
saving
sordid
sparing
tightfisted
uncharitable
close-fisted
costive

grudging
ironfisted
pennywise
pinchpenny
scrimping
scurvy
skimping
ungiving

Antonyms

wasteful
extravagant

generous
uneconomical

liberal
spendthrift

Synonyms
adj gruff, bearish

boorish
dour
sullen
rude
testy
ugly

morose
irritable
brusque
churlish
cross
crusty

discourteous
fractious
glum
grouchy
ill-mannered
ill-natured

perverse
saturnine
sulky
uncivil
ungracious

Antonyms

polite
cheerful
kind
pleasant

refined
sophisticated
bright
happy

nice
gentle

Synonyms
adj stingy

acquisitive
avaricious
chary
cheap
chintzy
churlish
close

close-fisted
costive
covetous
economical
extortionate
frugal
grasping

greedy
ignoble
illiberal
mean
miserly
narrow
near

grudging
ironfisted
niggard
niggardly

Synonyms
adj stingy

saving
penny-pinching
sparing
near
grasping
close
narrow
mean
acquisitive
avaricious
chary
cheap

chintzy
churlish
close-fisted
costive
covetous
economical
extortionate
frugal
greedy
hard-fisted
ignoble
illiberal

miserly
parsimonious
penurious
petty
rapacious
selfish
sordid
thrifty
tight
tightfisted
uncharitable
ungenerous

scrimping
grudging
skimping
ironfisted
niggard
niggardly
pennywise
pinchpenny
scurvy
ungiving

Antonyms

far
unselfish

wasting
generous

spendthrift
away

Synonyms
adj economical

sparing
saving
penny-pinching
spare
close
mean
avaricious
canny
chary

circumspect
closefisted
cost-effective
efficient
frugal
meager
methodical
miserly
parsimonious

penurious
practical
provident
prudent
stingy
thrifty
tight
watchful
scrimping

skimping
money-saving
niggardly
on the rims
penny-wise
prudential
time-saving
unwasteful
work-saving

Antonyms

generous