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View usage for: (kræŋki) Word forms: comparative crankier, superlative crankiest1. adjectiveIf you describe ideas or ways of behaving as cranky, you disapprove of them because you think they are strange. [informal, disapproval] Vegetarianism has shed its cranky image. The Front has often been dismissed as a cranky fringe group. Synonyms: eccentric, wacky [informal], oddball [informal], freakish More Synonyms of cranky 2. adjectiveCranky means bad-tempered. [US, informal] It was a long trek, and Jack and I both started to get cranky after about ten minutes. cranky in British English 1 (ˈkræŋkɪ) adjectiveWord forms: crankier or crankiest2. mainly US, Canadian and Irish informal fussy and bad-tempered 4. full of bends and turns Derived forms crankily (ˈcrankily) adverb crankiness (ˈcrankiness) noun cranky in British English 2 (ˈkræŋkɪ) adjectiveWord forms: crankier or crankiest nautical another word for crank2 cranky in American English (ˈkræŋki) adjectiveWord forms: ˈcrankier or ˈcrankiest1. in poor condition; apt to operate poorly 4. Rare full of turns; crooked 5. Nautical liable to lurch or capsize; unsteady SIMILAR WORDS: ˈirritable Derived forms crankily (ˈcrankily) adverb crankiness (ˈcrankiness) noun Examples of 'cranky' in a sentencecranky Or is it because you are getting old and cranky that you are acting like this?If it is ignored for long enough it will get cranky.They can get a bit cranky.I can get pretty cranky about certain scheduling matters. Definition eccentric (US, Canadian, Irish, informal) Veganism has shed its cranky image. Synonyms oddball (informal) out there (slang) idiosyncratic wacko or whacko (informal, old-fashioned) Additional synonymsDefinition odd or unusual, esp. in an interesting or amusing way That book you lent me is really bizarre. Synonyms strange, odd, unusual, out there (slang), extraordinary, fantastic, curious, weird, way-out (informal), peculiar, eccentric, abnormal, ludicrous, queer (archaic), irregular, rum (British, slang), uncommon, singular, grotesque, perplexing, uncanny, mystifying, off-the-wall (slang), outlandish, comical, oddball (informal), off the rails, zany, unaccountable, off-beat, left-field (informal), freakish, wacky (informal), wacko (slang, old-fashioned), outré, cockamamie (slang, US), daggy (Australian, New Zealand, informal) Definition eccentric his slightly daggy hobby of collecting novelty tea towels Synonyms eccentric, odd, strange, bizarre, weird, peculiar, abnormal, queer (informal), irregular, uncommon, quirky, out there (slang), singular, unconventional, idiosyncratic, off-the-wall (slang), outlandish, whimsical, rum (British, slang), capricious, anomalous, freakish, aberrant, wacko (slang, old-fashioned), outréa freakish monstrous thing, something out of a dream Synonyms odd, strange, fantastic, weird, abnormal, monstrous, grotesque, unnatural, unconventional, outlandish, freaky (slang), aberrant, outré, malformed, preternatural, teratoid - cramped
- crane
- crank
- cranky
- cranny
- crash
- crash into
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