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PuffinBlue
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Ask HN: Preferred word to describe “Unnecessarily ...
Curmudgeon, Naysayer, Grouch
xeonmc
on Dec 20, 2022
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> Curmudgeon
That's it. Thanks.
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Just be aware that, at least in British English, whilst "curmudgeon" can be used in an exclusively negative sense, it can also carry some "cuddlier" overtones and be used as something of a term of endearment.
SanjayMehta
on Dec 20, 2022
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That's a fancy way of saying "realist."
boredhedgehog
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Not an adjective though.
arethuza
on Dec 20, 2022
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curmudgeonly?
sam_lowry_
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> Curmudgeon
How sexist! Curmudgeon /
termagant
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