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A comment on Ask HN: Preferred word to describe “Unnecessarily complainsome grumpy person”?.

Re:Ask HN: Preferred word to describe “Unnecessarily complai... by PuffinBlue on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @05:48AM (#34064159)
Curmudgeon, Naysayer, Grouch
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Re:Ask HN: Preferred word to describe “Unnecessarily complai... by xeonmc on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @05:53AM (#34064199)
> Curmudgeon

That's it. Thanks.

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Re:Ask HN: Preferred word to describe “Unnecessarily complai... by bartread on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @06:30AM (#34064464)
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.
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Re:Ask HN: Preferred word to describe “Unnecessarily complai... by sam_lowry_ on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @06:36AM (#34064520)
> Curmudgeon

How sexist! Curmudgeon / termagant.

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Re:Ask HN: Preferred word to describe “Unnecessarily complai... by SanjayMehta on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @06:01AM (#34064252)
That's a fancy way of saying "realist."
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Re:Ask HN: Preferred word to describe “Unnecessarily complai... by boredhedgehog on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @05:57AM (#34064233)
Not an adjective though.
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Re:Ask HN: Preferred word to describe “Unnecessarily complai... by arethuza on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @06:15AM (#34064344)
curmudgeonly?
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