curmudgeons
Ill-tempered old folks
Curmudgeons is the plural of curmudgeon—a bad-tempered, difficult person, especially an older man who grumbles about modern life or other people's behavior.
The word carries a note of affection; curmudgeons are cantankerous but often endearing: The old curmudgeons at the diner complained about everything but showed up every morning.
Irritable in temperament
- cantankerousBad-tempered and argumentative
- irritableEasily provoked to annoyance
- grouchyEasily annoyed, ill-tempered
- crotchetyIrritable and complaining
surly · cranky · ill-tempered · testy · peevish · ornery · bad-tempered · disagreeable
One choosing isolation
- hermitPerson choosing total seclusion
- misanthropeOne who hates humanity
- lonerOne who avoids company
- antisocialAverse to socializing
complainer · grouch · grump · sourpuss · killjoy · naysayer · critic · faultfinder
Crusty elderly man
- geezerInformal term for old man
- old-timerLong-tenured person
- grouchHabitually irritable person
- EbenezerHebrew name, commemorative stone
Walter Matthau · Oscar the Grouch · Statler · Waldorf · Clint Eastwood · grumpy old man · coot · fogey
grumpy
Irritable in temperament
- cantankerousBad-tempered and argumentative
- irritableEasily provoked to annoyance
- grouchyEasily annoyed, ill-tempered
crotchety · surly · cranky · ill-tempered · testy · peevish · ornery · bad-tempered · disagreeable · churlish
recluse
One choosing isolation
- hermitPerson choosing total seclusion
- misanthropeOne who hates humanity
- lonerOne who avoids company
antisocial · complainer · grouch · grump · sourpuss · killjoy · naysayer · critic · faultfinder · cynic
codger
Crusty elderly man
Walter Matthau · Ebenezer · Oscar the Grouch · Statler · Waldorf · Clint Eastwood · grumpy old man · coot · fogey · fuddy-duddy
complaining
Expressing discontent verbally
harrumphing · griping · frowning · scolding · bristling · snapping · growling · kvetching · glaring · huffing
- Complainerscomplainers, whiners, grumblers, gripers, moaners
- emotional typesdepressed people, optimists, pessimists, grumps, worriers
- negativistspessimists, defeatists, doomers, doomsayers, negative Nellies
- nitpickersfaultfinders, sticklers, hairsplitters, pedants, quibblers
curmudgeonssweethearts
Romantic partners, affectionately named
rays of sunshine · teddy bears · darlings · angels · happy campers
curmudgeonssocial butterflies
Highly outgoing, sociable people
people persons · welcomers · extroverts · charmers · sweethearts