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Definition of cranky in English: crankyadjectivecrankier, crankiest ˈkraŋkiˈkræŋki 1British informal Eccentric or strange. a cranky scheme to pipe ground-level ozone into the stratosphere Example sentencesExamples - Biodynamic theory and practice may sound cranky, but you can't ignore the growing numbers of bluechip wine estates joining the ranks, especially in France.
- He was the cranky and quirky old neighbor that everyone had.
- We're not this weird, cranky, fanged minority that is secretly drinking blood in the name of its depraved godlessness!
- We didn't want our town to get a reputation for being cranky.
- It seems one crazy, cranky dollmaker has found the technology to shrink people down to the size of mere dolls.
- In life he was regarded as an awkward customer, a cranky, eccentric figure with a talent for rubbing people up the wrong way.
- Complementary therapies are not cranky, are not pseudo - medicine, and are well-accepted and thriving, even in small towns such as Forres.
- The fact he could be won round to this cranky idea demonstrates that he shouldn't be trusted in charge of a whelk stall, let alone the national economy.
- We ourselves have no memory of being in the womb (though there are some rather cranky rumours to the opposite effect), and thus we cannot really imagine a foetus being capable of happiness or pain.
- Once considered cranky, biodynamic methods are gaining respect worldwide, not least because of their excellent results.
- I've also been labelled the ‘eccentric crank of Eldwick’ by a party with an equally cranky name.
- Its images and quirky, cranky design return to the mind's eye long after the final credits.
- The administrators are cranky and making the strangest decisions.
Synonyms eccentric, bizarre, weird, peculiar, odd, quirky, avant-garde, unconventional, off-centre, strange, outlandish, ridiculous, ludicrous mad, insane, crazy, absurd informal wacky, screwy, nutty, nuts, crackpot, cracked, oddball, kinky, off the wall, way out, dippy, cuckoo British informal daft North American informal kooky, wacko, left-field Australian/New Zealand informal, dated dilly 2North American Bad-tempered; irritable. he was cranky after eight hours of working Example sentencesExamples - She arrived in Hawaii, tired and cranky, 5 hours later.
- I'm also depressed, cranky, annoying, and irritable.
- Now is the time of the season that people start to get cranky (even the chess players are looking a little irritable).
- Quigley returned to the treetop retreat hours later, looking tired and cranky.
- It gives me the right to explain that my periodic short tempered, cranky moments are a biproduct of the disease.
- This lack of rest has caused a radical shift in my personality, making me cranky, irritable, and prone to curse loudly at the slightest provocation.
- She was cranky because it had taken over an hour to get the twins to go to sleep.
- Just remind them the family will be less cranky and short tempered if they can overcome jet lag first.
- Do you find yourself irritable and cranky, taking out your anxiety and frustration on those you love?
- The expanse of the day unfolds before me and I can't comprehend how I am going to distract my cranky baby for the next 12 hours.
- Eventually the train did come although it was three hours late and filled with cranky people who just wanted to go home.
- Then again, I think they expect me to be a bit cranky at that hour anyway, so it works out.
- Most of the time, she was cranky and grumpy, experiencing this nonstop craving and hunger for ice cream.
- I cried with laughter the first time I read this, and I still go there when I feel cranky, because it always makes me giggle.
- She has a voluble and attractive personality, but even if she were cranky and bad-tempered I'd still go there because the food's really good.
- Others may experience brief periods of irritability, and some may seem cranky for weeks, experiencing crying episodes and disrupted sleeping and eating patterns.
- Obviously my attitude hasn't been the best because the musicians keep telling me that I'm cross and cranky and difficult to work with.
- These individuals are emotionally robust despite their shy demeanour, and they have high standards for themselves, which is why they can seem cranky and irritable.
- And, even though it's been a good day, I'm cranky.
- The relentless sweltering had gotten to all of us, kids and adults alike; we were short tempered and cranky and prone to starting fights over nothing.
Synonyms bad-tempered, irritable, irascible, tetchy, testy, grumpy, grouchy, crotchety, in a (bad) mood, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, peevish having got out of bed the wrong side, cross, as cross as two sticks, fractious, disagreeable, cantankerous, curmudgeonly, pettish, crabbed, crabby, waspish, prickly, peppery, touchy, scratchy, crusty, splenetic, shrewish, short-tempered, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, dyspeptic, choleric, bilious, liverish, cross-grained informal snappish, snappy, chippy, on a short fuse, short-fused British informal shirty, stroppy, narky, ratty, eggy, like a bear with a sore head North American informal ornery, peckish, soreheaded Australian/New Zealand informal snaky informal, dated waxy, miffy 3(of a machine) working erratically. after a juddering landing the cranky plane eased up the runway Example sentencesExamples - He would have had to spend many hours with expensive and cranky machinery in order to make phonetic measurements to correlate with listener judgments.
- The old, cranky generator breaks down with an annoying frequency, severing us from the computer and studio lights.
- The engine, cranky, rusty, out-of-practice, whirred to life. The entire vehicle began to shake, violently at first, then settling.
Derivatives adverb I remembered our argument and frowned crankily. Example sentencesExamples - I crankily retrieved the supplies for a peanut butter and banana sandwich and placed them on the table.
- I crankily pulled out my emergency credit card.
- Kassy shook her head crankily, ‘It's nothing!’
- I crankily threw off the covers and climbed out of bed.
noun If you cut back, your body shows signs of caffeine withdrawal, like headaches, crankiness and sleepiness. Example sentencesExamples - Yeah, I think that most people have moments of total crankiness.
- As a person ages, the signs of depression are much more likely to be dismissed as crankiness or grumpiness.
- The fact that she knows hormones are causing her temporary crankiness doesn't make the feelings any less real, so cut her some slack.
- She had her moments of surpassing crankiness today, but that's normal.
Origin Late 18th century (in the sense 'sickly, in poor health'): perhaps from obsolete (counterfeit) crank 'a rogue feigning sickness', from Dutch or German krank 'sick'. Rhymes Frankie, hanky, hanky-panky, lanky, manky, swanky, Yankee Definition of cranky in US English: crankyadjectiveˈkraNGkēˈkræŋki North American informal 1Ill-tempered; irritable. he was bored and cranky after eight hours of working Example sentencesExamples - It gives me the right to explain that my periodic short tempered, cranky moments are a biproduct of the disease.
- This lack of rest has caused a radical shift in my personality, making me cranky, irritable, and prone to curse loudly at the slightest provocation.
- Others may experience brief periods of irritability, and some may seem cranky for weeks, experiencing crying episodes and disrupted sleeping and eating patterns.
- These individuals are emotionally robust despite their shy demeanour, and they have high standards for themselves, which is why they can seem cranky and irritable.
- Quigley returned to the treetop retreat hours later, looking tired and cranky.
- And, even though it's been a good day, I'm cranky.
- Then again, I think they expect me to be a bit cranky at that hour anyway, so it works out.
- Do you find yourself irritable and cranky, taking out your anxiety and frustration on those you love?
- Just remind them the family will be less cranky and short tempered if they can overcome jet lag first.
- Eventually the train did come although it was three hours late and filled with cranky people who just wanted to go home.
- She was cranky because it had taken over an hour to get the twins to go to sleep.
- The relentless sweltering had gotten to all of us, kids and adults alike; we were short tempered and cranky and prone to starting fights over nothing.
- Now is the time of the season that people start to get cranky (even the chess players are looking a little irritable).
- She has a voluble and attractive personality, but even if she were cranky and bad-tempered I'd still go there because the food's really good.
- Obviously my attitude hasn't been the best because the musicians keep telling me that I'm cross and cranky and difficult to work with.
- The expanse of the day unfolds before me and I can't comprehend how I am going to distract my cranky baby for the next 12 hours.
- She arrived in Hawaii, tired and cranky, 5 hours later.
- I cried with laughter the first time I read this, and I still go there when I feel cranky, because it always makes me giggle.
- Most of the time, she was cranky and grumpy, experiencing this nonstop craving and hunger for ice cream.
- I'm also depressed, cranky, annoying, and irritable.
Synonyms bad-tempered, irritable, irascible, tetchy, testy, grumpy, grouchy, crotchety, in a mood, in a bad mood, ill-tempered, ill-natured, ill-humoured, peevish - 1.1 Eccentric or strange, typically because highly unorthodox.
a cranky scheme to pipe ground-level ozone into the stratosphere Example sentencesExamples - The fact he could be won round to this cranky idea demonstrates that he shouldn't be trusted in charge of a whelk stall, let alone the national economy.
- Its images and quirky, cranky design return to the mind's eye long after the final credits.
- Once considered cranky, biodynamic methods are gaining respect worldwide, not least because of their excellent results.
- The administrators are cranky and making the strangest decisions.
- It seems one crazy, cranky dollmaker has found the technology to shrink people down to the size of mere dolls.
- In life he was regarded as an awkward customer, a cranky, eccentric figure with a talent for rubbing people up the wrong way.
- Biodynamic theory and practice may sound cranky, but you can't ignore the growing numbers of bluechip wine estates joining the ranks, especially in France.
- We ourselves have no memory of being in the womb (though there are some rather cranky rumours to the opposite effect), and thus we cannot really imagine a foetus being capable of happiness or pain.
- We're not this weird, cranky, fanged minority that is secretly drinking blood in the name of its depraved godlessness!
- We didn't want our town to get a reputation for being cranky.
- I've also been labelled the ‘eccentric crank of Eldwick’ by a party with an equally cranky name.
- Complementary therapies are not cranky, are not pseudo - medicine, and are well-accepted and thriving, even in small towns such as Forres.
- He was the cranky and quirky old neighbor that everyone had.
Synonyms eccentric, bizarre, weird, peculiar, odd, quirky, avant-garde, unconventional, off-centre, strange, outlandish, ridiculous, ludicrous - 1.2 (of a machine) working badly; shaky.
the cranky elevator breaks down periodically Example sentencesExamples - He would have had to spend many hours with expensive and cranky machinery in order to make phonetic measurements to correlate with listener judgments.
- The old, cranky generator breaks down with an annoying frequency, severing us from the computer and studio lights.
- The engine, cranky, rusty, out-of-practice, whirred to life. The entire vehicle began to shake, violently at first, then settling.
Origin Late 18th century (in the sense ‘sickly, in poor health’): perhaps from obsolete (counterfeit) crank ‘a rogue feigning sickness’, from Dutch or German krank ‘sick’. |