Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913 Curmudgeon /(k?r-m?j"?n)/ · Cur·mudg·eon · IPA /kɚˈmʌd͡ʒ.ən/ 01 n. An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl. 1. An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl. “A gray-headed curmudgeon of a negro.” — W. Irving.