What are some alternative words for cranky?
Synonyms for cranky
ˈkræŋ ki
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Princeton's WordNet
crank, cranky, tender, tippy(adj)
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
Synonyms:
untoughened, pettish, crank, peckish, petulant, tender, sensitive, fond, peevish, tetchy, irritable, warm, raw, fractious, nettlesome, scratchy, techy, tippy, sore, affectionate, lovesome, testyAntonyms:
stable, good-naturedcranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy(adj)
easily irritated or annoyed
"an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
Synonyms:
irritating, rough, tender, bothersome, galling, gravelly, crank, pesky, scratchy, pettish, pestiferous, pestering, abrasive, uneven, vexing, petulant, irritable, excitable, plaguey, refractory, teasing, tippy, peevish, rasping, recalcitrant, nettlesome, fractious, plaguy, tetchy, testy, spotty, techy, vexatious, raspy, peckish, annoying, gratingAntonyms:
good-natured, stable
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
cranky(a)
Synonyms:
crotchety, capricious, unreasonable, cantankerous, cross, perverse, cross-grained, contumacious unsteady
Nicknames
List of known nicknames for "Cranky":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3079 | raw | |
#3359 | warm | |
#3826 | sensitive | |
#5548 | rough | |
#6740 | tender | |
#9416 | annoying | |
#12984 | fond | |
#12985 | sore | |
#14638 | queer | |
#16647 | crank | |
#21074 | teasing | |
#21612 | uneven | |
#22085 | eccentric | |
#23129 | abrasive | |
#23970 | irritating | |
#26620 | irritable | |
#27763 | refractory | |
#28023 | grating | |
#30182 | cranky | |
#30373 | grumpy | |
#32023 | affectionate | |
#34818 | pesky | |
#35563 | edgy | |
#46948 | bothersome | |
#51084 | spotty | |
#59577 | scratchy | |
#65060 | crabby | |
#66650 | grouchy | |
#68434 | gravelly | |
#70249 | recalcitrant | |
#70924 | techy | |
#72009 | excitable | |
#72642 | jittery | |
#74028 | jumpy | |
#74214 | testy | |
#78530 | vexing | |
#89995 | vexatious | |
#90718 | tippy | |
#96709 | raspy | |
#100787 | skittish | |
#101981 | galling | |
#103649 | petulant | |
#108040 | pestering | |
#111963 | fractious | |
#112226 | peevish | |
#147394 | rasping | |
#185350 | crotchety | |
#287350 | peckish | |
#323849 | tetchy |
How to use cranky in a sentence?
I would try and put their behaviors into words like saying, 'I see that you've been more cranky lately or more upset, I'm wondering if something's going on, if you feel upset about something,'.
Just imagine you don't sleep enough and you're cranky, who's going to want to be around you ? Another part of it is being cognitively sharp.
The strategy is get your point across, never make more than one or two big points, and don't snipe at somebody without thinking it through because you don't want to look cranky.
A person who has many people in own social circle and remains often happy with them, is either Cranky or Crafty.
It’s horrific, and it’s all the time, they will see that you are trying to get out, but they won’t let you. People are cranky; it’s the morning. By the time they are up here, who knows how long they have been sitting in traffic.
Translations for cranky
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- غريب الأطوارArabic
- ексцентричен, капризен, разклатен, нестабиленBulgarian
- gnavenDanish
- gereizt, launischGerman
- genio, mañoso, mal, irritableSpanish
- ärtyisä, äreä, outo, originelli, vinksahtanut, erikoinenFinnish
- cantalachIrish
- 気難しいJapanese
- 까다로운Korean
- driftig, opvliegendDutch
- раздражительныйRussian
- ćùdljiv, hiròvitSerbo-Croatian
- tokig, knäpp, excentriskSwedish
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