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Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having cranks or turns; checkered.
- Full of cranks; full of whims and crotchets; having the characteristics of a crank.
- Sickly; ailing.
- Merry; cheerful: same as
crank . - Nautical, liable to be overset: same as
crank , 1. - In a shaky or loose condition; rickety.
- noun A pitman.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Full of spirit; crank.
- adjective colloq. Addicted to crotchets and whims; unreasonable in opinions; crotchety.
- adjective Unsteady; easy to upset; crank.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
Weak ,unwell . - adjective of a machine, etc. Not in good working condition;
shaky . - adjective
Grouchy ,irritable ; easilyupset . - adjective Not in perfect
mental working order;eccentric ,peculiar . - adjective archaic Full of
spirit ;spirited .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective easily irritated or annoyed
- adjective (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
Etymologies
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Examples
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Half the reason we are so goddamn cranky is that we are constantly seeing profoundly talented people passed up for books that are "more commercial" (read: "OMG the hot new dude at school IS ACTUALLY A SUPERNATURAL ENTITY WHO WANTS TO DO IT WITH ME!!!!"); it makes us sad, but the industry right now is not a pretty picture, dear ones.
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Half the reason we are so goddamn cranky is that we are constantly seeing profoundly talented people passed up for books that are "more commercial" (read: "OMG the hot new dude at school IS ACTUALLY A SUPERNATURAL ENTITY WHO WANTS TO DO IT WITH ME!!!!"); it makes us sad, but the industry right now is not a pretty picture, dear ones.
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Most of her life, she lived in cranky desperation.
i hope you dance 2007
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Luna Lovegood, also, is too ready to believe in cranky theories.
Harry Potter science Maxine 2007
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Luna Lovegood, also, is too ready to believe in cranky theories.
July 2007 Maxine 2007
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Most of her life, she lived in cranky desperation.
December 2007 2007
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Luna Lovegood, also, is too ready to believe in cranky theories.
Harry Potter science Maxine 2007
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Since being cranky is pretty much the opposite of having a good time, my Powerbook has been hiding out in my backpack for the last few days, while I've been out enjoying that real life I have read so much about on its screen.
In Exile 2006
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Since being cranky is pretty much the opposite of having a good time, my Powerbook has been hiding out in my backpack for the last few days, while I've been out enjoying that real life I have read so much about on its screen.
In Exile 2006
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I am pretty sure I have redefined the word cranky in their minds.
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One type of cantastoria, called a cranky, is a scroll that unfurls with a crank.
Related Words
synonyms (206)
Words with the same meaning
- 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
- rickety
- 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
- unsteady
- vagarious
- vagrant
- variant
- vinegarish
- vinegary
- wacky
- wanton
- waspish
- wayward
- weird
- whimsical
- whiny
- winding
- zigzag
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