crankiness
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Related to crankiness: irritableness, orneriness
crank·y 1
(krăng′kē)adj. crank·i·er, crank·i·est
1. Having a bad disposition; peevish.
2. Having eccentric ways; odd.
3. Full of bends and turns; crooked: a cranky mountain road.
4. Working unpredictably; erratic: a cranky old truck.
5. Rickety; loose.
crank′i·ly adv.
crank′i·ness n.
crank·y 2
(krăng′kē)adj. crank·i·er, crank·i·est Nautical
Liable to capsize.
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Noun | 1. | crankiness - a fussy and eccentric disposition ill nature - a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition |
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Translations
شُذوذ الأطْوار
potrhlostrozmrzelostvýstřednost
særhed
ćudljivost
nehezen kezelhető természet
sérviska; önuglyndi
tuhaflık
crankiness
n
(= eccentricity) → Verrücktheit f
(esp US: = bad temper) → Griesgrämigkeit f
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crank
(krӕŋk) noun a person with strange or odd ideas.
ˈcranky adjectiveˈcrankiness noun
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