Thesaurus / cranky
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I should probably tell you the name of this situationally cranky man.
ALL YOU NEED IS NUDGE (EP. 474)STEPHEN J. DUBNERSEPTEMBER 9, 2021FREAKONOMICSIf you find a cranky spot, add pressure, but don’t go overboard—too much force can cause the muscle to contract.
THESE ARE OUR FAVORITE MASSAGE GUNSCHRISTINE YUJUNE 2, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEPhilip had grown cranky by the press frenzy surrounding the romance.
PRINCE PHILIP, ROYAL CONSORT TO QUEEN ELIZABETH II, DIES AT 99ADRIAN HIGGINSAPRIL 9, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWithout good-quality sleep, those critical activities don’t take place, and as a consequence, we don’t just feel tired and cranky, but the processes that lead to certain diseases may even get seeded.
‘A RINSING OF THE BRAIN.’ NEW RESEARCH SHOWS HOW SLEEP COULD WARD OFF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASEALICE PARKAUGUST 6, 2020TIMEI fancy he finds it rather dull with only a cranky old man and a half-crazy woman for associates.
THE CROMPTONSMARY J. HOLMESWho Howard was, or the cranky old man and half-crazy woman, Eloise had no idea, nor did she give them a thought.
THE CROMPTONSMARY J. HOLMESTrue, the equipment was old and cranky, much of it haywired together, much of it invented from scratch.
SECURITYPOUL WILLIAM ANDERSONThe gum king of the Moosehead region is a rather cranky old chap, who has been at the business ever since he was a youth.
MOTOR MATT'S PERIL, OR, CAST AWAY IN THE BAHAMASSTANLEY R. MATTHEWSThey have to study and take care of cranky sick folks for three whole years before they can wear those white clothes.
DOROTHYEVELYN RAYMONDOught to be a bit careful of that cranky chest of yours in this confounded weather.
THE HISTORY OF SIR RICHARD CALMADYLUCAS MALETWORDS RELATED TO CRANKY
- bad-tempered
- bearish
- bloody-minded
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- contrary
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- cross
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- perverse
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- vinegarish
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- unsociable
- acid
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- acrimonious
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- blunt
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- captious
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- cross
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- gloomy
- glum
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- 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
- 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
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