crankiness

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Recent Examples of crankiness At one point, her crankiness about being underappreciated for her domestic efforts is blamed, without irony, on her period. Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crankiness
irritability
Noun
  • The irritability or walking into a room only to forget why seconds later.
    Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • This could look like mood swings, irritability, hostility, feelings of depression, and thoughts of suicide or self-harm.
    Ashleigh N. DeLuca, Parents, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Crankiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crankiness. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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