crankiness


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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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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
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. anderste, eksentriek, malkop شَخْصُ شاذ الأطْوار чудак excêntrico ztřeštěnec wunderlicher Kauz særling; underlig fisk ιδιόρρυθμος chiflado, excéntrico, raro ekstsentrik آدم عجیب و غریب sekopää excentrique תמהוני धुरी की मोड़ čudak különc eksentrik sérvitringur eccentrico 変人 기인 keistuolis, ekscentrikas savādnieks; īpatnis; ekscentriķis orang yang aneh zonderling skrue, særling dziwak عجیب اوغریب سړی excêntrico excentric чудак blázon čudak čudak excentrisk individ, original คนที่มีความคิดประหลาด eksantrik birisi 怪人 ексцентрична людина, людина з примхами سنكى، خبطى người kỳ cục 怪人
ˈcranky adjective
knorrig, nors, lendelam شاذ الأطْوار екцентричен excêntrico potrhlý, výstřední; rozmrzelý wunderlich mærkelig; sær; irritabel εκκεντρικός chiflado, excéntrico, raro ekstsentriline عجیب و غریب؛ غیر طبیعی omituinen excentrique; grincheux מוזר, תמהוני ढीला čudan, nesiguran nehezen kezelhető; különc eksentrik undarlegur; önugur eccentrico 変わっている (성미) 까다로운, 괴팍한 keistas, ekscentriškas dīvains; untumains aneh zonderling, gammel, humeurig gretten, eksentrisk zbzikowany عجیب او غریب، غیر طبیعی excêntrico ciudat; arţăgos с причудами výstredný čudaški čudan excentrisk, underlig ที่แปลกประหลาด tuhaf 古怪的 ексцентричний, примхливий سنكى، خبطى، بد مزاج lạ lùng 古怪的
ˈcrankiness noun
andersgeit, knorrigheid, stuursheid شُذوذ الأطْوار ексцентричност excentricidade potrhlost, výstřednost; rozmrzelost die Wunderlichkeit særhed εκκεντρικότητα excentridad, rareza ekstsentrilisus کج خلقی omituisuus excentricité; humeur difficile רַגזָנוּת ढीलापन klimavost, ćudljivost nehezen kezelhető természet; különcség keeksentrikan sérviska; önuglyndi eccentricità 風変り 까다로움, 변덕스러움 keistumas, ekscentriškumas dīvainība; untumainība keanehan zonderlingheid, wrakheid, humeurigheid det å være gretten/eksentrisk zbzikowanie کرینکیس د موټر excentricidade ciudăţenie чудачество výstrednosť čudaštvo nastranost excentricitet ความแปลกประหลาด tuhaflık 古怪 ексцентричність بد مزاجى tính kỳ cục 古怪
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