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crank
Synonyms and Antonyms of crank
1
having or expressing feelings of joy or triumph
2
joyously unrestrained
extroverted (also extraverted), outgoing, uninhibited
carefree, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, joyful, lighthearted, lively, sprightly
boisterous, raucous, rollicking, rowdy
giddy, light-headed, overexuberant, silly
ecstatic, euphoric, lyric, rapturous
audacious, bold, brash, brazen, impertinent, impudent, insolent, saucy
constrained, inhibited, repressed, restrained, subdued
impassive, phlegmatic, stoic (or stoical), stolid
crank
Synonyms and Antonyms of crank
1
a person of odd or whimsical habits
odd duck, piece of work
2
an irritable and complaining person
bear, bellyacher, complainer, crab, croaker, crosspatch, curmudgeon, fusser, griper, grouch, grouser, growler, grumbler, grump, murmurer, mutterer, sourpuss, whiner
3
a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action
bee in one's bonnet
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