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Recent Examples of cranky It’s spoken by Jaques, a cranky courtier from the entourage of Duke Senior, living in banishment in the Forest of Arden. Matthew Gurewitsch, Air Mail, 16 Aug. 2025 Don’t be cranky, but don’t be timid, either. Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2025 Say goodbye to cranky bath times when these toys are tossed into the tub. Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 10 July 2025 Those who watched the livestream set fired off some cranky tweets about her performance, which Charli decided to respond herself the next morning. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for cranky
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cranky
Adjective
  • Chris and Emilia’s conversation is suddenly interrupted by a premature explosion, which was caused by a clumsy member of a militia group called the Sons of Liberty.
    Scott Meslow, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Tiny, slow and clumsy — these hatchlings are an easy snack for predators.
    Diaa Hadid, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Instead, Helen is allowed to be irritable and anti-social, chain-smoking and snappish, without the filmmaker casting judgment.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
  • If you are rushed or irritable, say so.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Of the roiling mass of restless natives, cranky artists and tattered idealists who rose up across the Southland this summer to flip off darkness and call America back to its better angels?
    John Lopez, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
  • While his wife and daughter build a new life in Vienna, Roman stays behind — confused, restless and convinced that things will get better.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Several commenters expressed their support for him, saying emphatic no’s and doubling down on how funny the skit was.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The show has captured the world’s imagination with its charming, funny, and relatable observations about everyday family life.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • After a 21-year absence from Wrigley Field that ended earlier this summer, the weekend ceremonies seemed to signal the conclusion to an awkward, ongoing saga.
    Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • However, nothing negates the unique way in which people from the South embrace socializing with each other, which brings us to a potentially awkward situation that arises often enough and gives grief to even the most polite Southerners.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Lorraine beams with pleasure, while Ed registers grumpy disapproval like every dad in every family sitcom ever.
    Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The puns are enough to make even the grumpiest of reporters giggle.
    David Wysong, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • But upon Bennet’s arrival, things take a turn for the bizarre, when the wealthy tycoon builds himself a prison cell in the basement, in an apparent act of meditative penance that forces Blakey into an inversion of traditional power dynamics.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Tasked with bringing into reality those that are a little further down on the bizarre end of the spectrum, the show’s prosthetics and VFX teams had their work cut out for them.
    Lisa de los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • My wooden Slazenger made hitting winners difficult in the same way that my humming Selectric made rewriting sentences cumbersome.
    Thomas Swick September 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Second Amendment advocates say city-by-city ordinances would be cumbersome for permit holders commuting daily between jurisdictions.
    Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2025

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

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