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Cranky

Cranky Meaning & Definition
Cranky Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Cranky?

[adj] easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
[adj] (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

Synonyms | Synonyms for Cranky: crank | fractious | ill-natured | irritable | nettlesome | peckish | peevish | pettish | petulant | techy | tender | testy | tetchy | tippy | unstable

Related Terms | Find terms related to Cranky: abnormal | anomalous | antagonistic | antipathetic | arbitrary | at cross-purposes | at loggerheads | at odds | at variance | at war | bearish | beefing | bellyaching | bitching | bitchy | breakaway | cankered | cantankerous | capricious | choleric | churlish | clashing | complaining | complaintful | conflicting | contentious | contradicting | contradictory | contrary | counteractant | counteracting | counteractive | countervailing | counterworking | crabbed | crabbing | crabby | crackbrained | cracked | crackers | crank | crankish | crazed | crazy | croaking | cross | cross-grained | crotchety | crusty | cuckoo | cussed | daffy | daft | deviant | deviative | different | differing | difficult | disaccordant | disagreeable | disagreeing | disappointed | discontented | discordant | discrepant | disgruntled | disharmonious | displeased | disproportionate | dissatisfied | dissident | dissonant | divergent | dotty | eccentric | envious | erratic | exceptional | excitable | fanciful | fantasied | fantastic | faultfinding | feisty | fey | flaky | fractious | freakish | froward | funny | grating | griping | grouchy | grousing | growling | gruff | grumbling | harebrained | hostile | hot-tempered | huffish | huffy | humorsome | idiocratic | idiosyncratic | ill-humored | immiscible | inaccordant | incompatible | inharmonious | inimical | irascible | irregular | irritable | jangling | jarring | kinky | kooky | maggoty | malcontent | malcontented | mean | moody | motiveless | murmuring | muttering | negative | nonconformist | notional | nutty | odd | oddball | opposing | oppositional | oppugnant | ornery | out of accord | out of humor | out of sorts | out of whack | peculiar | peevish | perverse | petulant | queer | querulant | querulous | quick-tempered | quirky | ratty | reactionary | rebellious | recalcitrant | renitent | repugnant | resentful | resistant | restive | restless | revolutionary | screwball | screwy | short-tempered | singular | snappish | spiteful | spleeny | splenetic | strange | sulky | surly | temperamental | testy | tetchy | touchy | twisted | ugly | unaccepting | unaccommodating | uncongenial | unconventional | uneasy | unfulfilled | ungratified | unhappy | unharmonious | unnatural | unreasonable | unrestrained | unsatisfied | vagarious | vagrant | variant | vinegarish | vinegary | wacky | wanton | waspish | wayward | weird | whimsical | whiny

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Cranky In Webster's Dictionary

\Crank"y\ (-?), a. 1. Full of spirit; crank. 2. Addicted to crotchets and whims; unreasonable in opinions; crotchety. [Colloq.] 3. Unsteady; easy to upset; crank.

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