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Synonyms for cranky
adj in bad moodAntonyms for cranky
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
cantankerous
adjective. difficult, crabby
crabbier
adjective. irritable
- acid
- acrid
- acrimonious
- awkward
- bad-tempered
- blunt
- brusque
- captious
- choleric
- chuffy
- churlish
- crabbed
- cranky
- cross
- crotchety
- crusty
- cynical
- difficult
- dour
- fretful
- gloomy
- glum
- grouchy
- harsh
- huffy
- ill-humored
- ill-tempered
- irascible
- misanthropic
- morose
- mumpish
- nasty-tempered
- peevish
- perverse
- petulant
- prickly
- saturnine
- snappish
- sour
- splenetic
- sulky
- sullen
- surly
- tart
- testy
- tough
- trying
- unsociable
crabbiest
adjective. irritable
- acid
- acrid
- acrimonious
- awkward
- bad-tempered
- blunt
- brusque
- captious
- choleric
- chuffy
- churlish
- crabbed
- cranky
- cross
- crotchety
- crusty
- cynical
- difficult
- dour
- fretful
- gloomy
- glum
- grouchy
- harsh
- huffy
- ill-humored
- ill-tempered
- irascible
- misanthropic
- morose
- mumpish
- nasty-tempered
- peevish
- perverse
- petulant
- prickly
- saturnine
- snappish
- sour
- splenetic
- sulky
- sullen
- surly
- tart
- testy
- tough
- trying
- unsociable
crabby
adjective. irritable
- acid
- acrid
- acrimonious
- awkward
- bad-tempered
- blunt
- brusque
- captious
- choleric
- chuffy
- churlish
- crabbed
- cranky
- cross
- crotchety
- crusty
- cynical
- difficult
- dour
- fretful
- gloomy
- glum
- grouchy
- harsh
- huffy
- ill-humored
- ill-tempered
- irascible
- misanthropic
- morose
- mumpish
- nasty-tempered
- peevish
- perverse
- petulant
- prickly
- saturnine
- snappish
- sour
- splenetic
- sulky
- sullen
- surly
- tart
- testy
- tough
- trying
- unsociable
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.