Home › Words › C › curmudgeonhoodcurmudgeonhoodcurmudgeonhood means the status of being a curmudgeon.EtymologyFrom curmudgeon + -hood.nounThe status of being a curmudgeone.g.“True, he's a little young for full curmudgeonhood, but he's been working tirelessly at it for years, and he takes a gadfly's delight in pointing out that this or that emperor has no clothes.” — 1978 Jan-Jun, Dick Rath, “Odd Lot”, in Boating:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.curmudgeonliness 78% match — The state or condition of being curmudgeonly. vs curmudgeonhood →curmudgeonry 73% match — Behaviour characteristic of a curmudgeon; surly ill temper. vs curmudgeonhood →curmudgeony 71% match — Curmudgeonly. vs curmudgeonhood →curmudge 71% match — curmudgeon vs curmudgeonhood →codgerhood 69% match — The quality of being a codger; grouchy old age or fogeydom. vs curmudgeonhood →curmudgeonism 67% match — Synonym of curmudgeonliness. vs curmudgeonhood →curmudgeonly 66% match — Characteristic of a curmudgeon; churlish. vs curmudgeonhood →curmudgeonish 65% match — Synonym of curmudgeonly. vs curmudgeonhood →