Cranky: alternatives and connections

Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.

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Of habitual bad temper; peevish; fractious; cross; crabbed; surly; as, an ill-natured person.

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Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow.

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Not stable; not firm, fixed, or constant; subject to change or overthrow.

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The state or character of being crotchety, or whimsical.

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The state or character of being crotchety, or whimsical.

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A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also…

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Apt to break out into a passion; apt to scold; cross; snappish; ugly; unruly; as, a fractious man; a fractious horse.

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Capable of being irriated.

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Inclined to eat; hungry.

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Habitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant.

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Fretful; peevish; moody; capricious; inclined to ill temper.

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Forward; pert; insolent; wanton.

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Characterized by scratches.

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Peevish; fretful; irritable.

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One who tends; one who takes care of any person or thing; a nurse.

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Fretful; peevish; petulant; easily irritated.

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See Techy.

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