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单词 cranky
释义
cranky
adjective
uk
/ˈkræŋ.ki/us
/ˈkræŋ.ki/

crankyadjective(BAD-TEMPERED)

USinformal
easilyannoyedorupset:
坏脾气的；易怒的
a crankybaby任性的婴儿
He's been cranky allday.他一整天都在发脾气。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
getting angry easily
  • bad-temperedHe's so bad-tempered! He never should have become a teacher.
  • irritableBe careful what you say; he's very irritable today.
  • grumpyI'm just a little tired and grumpy today.
  • crankyUSShe's very cranky because she has a toothache.
  • impatientI'm too impatient for fishing.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Bad-tempered
  • argumentative
  • bad-tempered
  • be hell on wheelsidiom
  • be like a bear with a sore headidiom
  • be spoiling for a fightidiom
  • grumpiness
  • grumpy
  • have a short fuseidiom
  • hell
  • huffy
  • petulant
  • petulantly
  • pugnacious
  • pugnacity
  • quarrelsome
  • testily
  • testiness
  • testy
  • tetchily
  • tetchiness
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crankyadjective(STRANGE)

UKinformal
strangeandunusual:
奇怪的，不寻常的
She's amemberof agroupthatpromotescrankyideasaboutfoodandexercise.她所加入的组织倡导一些有关食物和锻炼的古怪理念。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Stupid and silly
  • absurd
  • absurdity
  • absurdly
  • adolescent
  • againstyourbetter judgmentidiom
  • dopey
  • dorky
  • dottiness
  • dotty
  • dozily
  • impolitic
  • imprudent
  • inhis/her/theirwisdomidiom
  • insomeone'sinfinite wisdomidiom
  • inadvisable
  • uncritically
  • unintelligent
  • unreasonable
  • unreasonably
  • unwise
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(Definition ofcrankyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

cranky| American Dictionary

cranky
adjective
us
/ˈkræŋ·ki/
easilyannoyedandangry
(Definition ofcrankyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcranky

cranky
A few years ago, when he started his campaign, he was castigated by many of his colleagues, and looked on as a littlecranky.
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A lot ofcrankytalk takes place about management and labour and a lot of people spin out great theories about it.
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Neither has been approached by anycrankysociety and no one could have approached them on behalf of the prisoner in the dock.
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Many of us believe that the enterprise zone is acrankyidea.
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We are not acrankyminority that want to spoil people's pleasure.
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Such a suggestion has historically been regarded as somewhatcranky, but is now becoming increasingly realistic.
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I am not in favour of a house with a midden at the door or a house with acrankygable or with water coming through the ceiling.
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During this time various cranks andcrankyorganisations will be putting up all sorts of opposition to the experiment, saying that we are making the water imperfect, and so on.
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Persons of eminence, as they get on in life, become crotchety andcrankyand start occasionally to hunt various hares which they are determined are really crusades and not hares.
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They may have somecrankyideas.
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The very nature of teaching and research in a university is that some of it will be perceived at one time or another to becranky, wrong and downright dangerous.
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We fully expect him to be back to hiscrankyold self soon, but he is not ready to return to work at this point.
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Mares have a notorious, if generally undeserved, reputation for being marish, meaning that they can becrankyor unwilling when they come into season.
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One of them, the leastcrankyof the lot, has created a workable flying machine.
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She is very controlling and traditional, as well as grumpy andcranky.
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