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Synonyms & Antonyms of crank
(Entry 1 of 3)
- you shouldn't feel so crank, considering that you beat the worst softball team in the league
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- folks around here are downright crank that a local boy won a gold medal in the Olympics
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- extroverted
- (also extraverted),
- outgoing,
- uninhibited
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- impassive,
- phlegmatic,
- stoic
- (or stoical),
- stolid
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crank
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of crank (Entry 2 of 3)
- she's a bit of a crank, but still a good-hearted person
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- he's always a crank until he has his morning coffee
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- bear,
- bellyacher,
- complainer,
- crab,
- croaker,
- crosspatch,
- curmudgeon,
- fusser,
- griper,
- grouch,
- grouser,
- growler,
- grumbler,
- grump,
- murmurer,
- mutterer,
- sourpuss,
- whiner
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- his endless and unpredictable cranks made spending time with him exhausting
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crank
verb
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“Crank.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crank. Accessed 27 Jan. 2022.
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The first known use of crank was in the 13th century
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