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crankiest


 
  Overview  of  adj  cranky 
 
  The  adj  cranky  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  crank,  cranky,  tender,  tippy  --  ((used  of  boats)  inclined  to  heel  over  easily  under  sail) 
  2.  cranky,  fractious,  irritable,  nettlesome,  peevish,  peckish,  pettish,  petulant,  testy,  tetchy,  techy  --  (easily  irritated  or  annoyed;  "an  incorrigibly  fractious  young  man";  "not  the  least  nettlesome  of  his  countrymen") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  cranky 
 
  2  senses  of  cranky 
 
  Sense  1 
  crank,  cranky,  tender,  tippy 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unstable)  ->  stable 
 
  Sense  2 
  cranky,  fractious,  irritable,  nettlesome,  peevish,  peckish,  pettish,  petulant,  testy,  tetchy,  techy 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  ill-natured)  ->  good-natured 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  cranky 
 
  2  senses  of  cranky 
 
  Sense  1 
  crank,  cranky,  tender,  tippy 
  =>  unstable  (vs.  stable) 
 
  Sense  2 
  cranky,  fractious,  irritable,  nettlesome,  peevish,  peckish,  pettish,  petulant,  testy,  tetchy,  techy 
  =>  ill-natured  (vs.  good-natured) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  cranky 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  cranky 
 
  cranky  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  cranky 
  cranky 
 
  Overview  of  adj  cranky 
 
  The  adj  cranky  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  crank,  cranky,  tender,  tippy  --  ((used  of  boats)  inclined  to  heel  over  easily  under  sail) 
  2.  cranky,  fractious,  irritable,  nettlesome,  peevish,  peckish,  pettish,  petulant,  testy,  tetchy,  techy  --  (easily  irritated  or  annoyed;  "an  incorrigibly  fractious  young  man";  "not  the  least  nettlesome  of  his  countrymen")