Added to
Favorites
Sign Up
Log In
Introducing a cool
new way to learn!
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Word Dynamo
Quotes
Reference
Translator
Spanish
Related Searches
Attribute
Salient
Aroused
Judiciously
Nearby Words
crank sided
crank sth
crank sth out
crank up
crank-case
crank-letter
crank-pin
crank-shaft
crank-sided
crank-up
crankbird
crankcase
cranked down
cranked in
cranked in to
cranked into
cranked out
cranked up
crankest
crankily
crankiness
cranking down
cranking in
cranking in to
cranking into
cranking out
cranking up
crankle
cranko
crankpin
cranks down
cranks in
cranks in to
cranks into
cranks out
cranks up
crankshaft
cranksided
crankup
cranky
cranmer
Synonyms
cantankerous
disagreeable
irascible
irritable
choleric
perverse
grumpy
MORE
Synonym Game
cross
mean
PLAY
crankiness
[
krang
-kee
]
crank·y
1
/
ˈkræŋ
ki
/
Show Spelled
[
krang
-kee
]
Show IPA
adjective,
crank·i·er,
crank·i·est.
1.
ill-tempered; grouchy; cross:
I'm always cranky when I don't get enough sleep.
2.
eccentric; queer.
3.
shaky; unsteady; out of order.
4.
full of bends or windings; crooked.
5.
British
Dialect
.
sickly; in unsound or feeble condition; infirm.
Origin:
1780–90;
crank
1
+
-y
1
Related forms
crank·i·ly,
adverb
crank·i·ness,
noun
Synonyms
1.
crotchety, cantankerous, perverse.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source
|
Link To
crankiness
00:10
00:09
00:08
00:07
00:06
00:05
00:04
00:03
00:02
00:01
Crankiness
is always a great word to know.
So is
doohickey
. Does it mean:
So is
slumgullion
. Does it mean:
So is
ninnyhammer
. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
LEARN MORE UNUSUAL WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...
Collins
World English Dictionary
cranky
1
(ˈkræŋkɪ)
—
adj
,
crankier
,
crankiest
1.
informal
eccentric
2.
informal
chiefly
(
US
), (
Canadian
), (
Irish
) fussy and bad-tempered
3.
shaky; out of order
4.
full of bends and turns
5.
dialect
unwell
'crankily
1
—
adv
'crankiness
1
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Word Dynamo By Dictionary.com
Searching for
crankiness
? How many words do you actually know?
FIND OUT
Use Dictionary.com faster without ads >>
Related Words
cranky
MORE
Quote Of The Day
"For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word."
-Catherine Drinker Bowen
MORE
Partners:
Word
Bloglines
Citysearch
The Daily Beast
Ask Answers
Ask Kids
Life123
Sendori
Thesaurus
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright ©
2012
. All rights reserved.
About
Privacy Policy
Terms of Use
API
Careers
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Help
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Favorites feature
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT