Synonyms of cranky

cranky

adjective

1

as in clumsy

difficult to use or operate especially because of size, weight, or design

that old typewriter is handy sometimes, but rather cranky these days

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clumsy
• awkward
• cumbersome
• unwieldy
• clunky
• ponderous
• ungainly
• heavy
• unhandy
• cumbrous
• uncontrollable
• bunglesome
• impractical
• unmanageable
• massive
• bulky
• dinosauric
• elephantine
• impracticable
• hulking
• dinosaurian

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• useful
• practical
• functional
• handy
• practicable
• serviceable

• useful
• practical
• functional
• handy
• practicable
• serviceable

2

as in irritable

easily irritated or annoyed

the baby was cranky after not being fed for hours

Synonyms & Similar Words

• irritable
• fiery
• grumpy
• grouchy
• irascible
• crabby
• snappish
• peevish
• crotchety
• petulant
• testy
• cross
• snarky
• waspish
• snippy
• choleric
• pettish
• short-tempered
• passionate
• raspy
• stuffy
• out of humor
• out of sorts
• sensitive
• ornery
• cantankerous
• ratty
• prickly
• quick-tempered
• curmudgeonly
• perverse
• short
• querulous
• surly
• contentious
• dyspeptic
• snarly
• disagreeable
• snippety
• fretful
• bilious
• snappy
• belligerent
• argumentative
• combative
• pugnacious
• sulky
• tetchy
• bellicose
• ill-tempered
• quarrelsome
• fractious
• sullen
• truculent
• pouty
• ill-humored
• huffy
• ill-natured
• bearish
• off-colored
• scrappy
• disputatious
• touchy
• cross-grained
• off-color
• thin-skinned
• hot-blooded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• friendly
• affable
• gregarious
• outgoing
• cordial
• genial
• sociable
• sweet
• amiable
• extroverted
• companionable
• extraverted
• good-natured
• agreeable
• easygoing
• carefree
• relaxed
• patient
• good-tempered
• tolerant
• stoic
• well-disposed
• stoical
• long-suffering
• uncomplaining
• forbearing
• understanding
• obliging
• happy-go-lucky

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• friendly
• affable
• gregarious
• outgoing
• cordial
• genial
• sociable
• sweet
• amiable
• extroverted
• companionable
• extraverted
• good-natured
• agreeable
• easygoing
• carefree
• relaxed
• patient
• good-tempered
• tolerant
• stoic
• well-disposed
• stoical
• long-suffering
• uncomplaining
• forbearing
• understanding
• obliging
• happy-go-lucky

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3

as in restless

given to complaining a lot

if cranky children don't appreciate what they already have, then they shouldn't get a thing more

Synonyms & Similar Words

• restless
• grumpy
• irritable
• grouchy
• crabby
• querulous
• nervous
• displeased
• dissatisfied
• fussy
• uneasy
• fidgety
• disgruntled
• twitchy
• squirmy
• wiggly
• discontented
• restive
• fretful
• antsy
• ornery
• cantankerous
• irascible
• peevish
• snappish
• petulant
• crotchety
• wriggly
• testy
• worrisome
• cross
• waspish
• snippy
• choleric
• pettish
• short-tempered
• perverse
• quick-tempered
• snappy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• patient
• tolerant
• stoical
• stoic
• long-suffering
• uncomplaining
• forbearing
• amiable
• good-natured
• gracious
• agreeable
• affable
• good-humored
• genial
• complaisant
• good-tempered
• accommodating
• obliging
• well-disposed
• easygoing
• relaxed
• laid-back

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• patient
• tolerant
• stoical
• stoic
• long-suffering
• uncomplaining
• forbearing
• amiable
• good-natured
• gracious
• agreeable
• affable
• good-humored
• genial
• complaisant
• good-tempered
• accommodating
• obliging
• well-disposed
• easygoing
• relaxed
• laid-back

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4

as in funny

different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion

that's just another of his cranky theories about the CIA

Synonyms & Similar Words

• funny
• bizarre
• strange
• weird
• curious
• erratic
• odd
• peculiar
• crazy
• eccentric
• remarkable
• unusual
• abnormal
• quirky
• screwy
• funky
• wacky
• kinky
• whacky
• kooky
• off-the-wall
• unique
• wild
• quaint
• offbeat
• outlandish
• out-of-the-way
• weirdo
• queer
• fantastical
• uncommon
• unconventional
• rare
• kookie
• outré
• rum
• outrageous
• off-kilter
• queerish
• flaky
• way-out
• far-out
• spaced-out
• extraordinary
• bizarro
• freak
• fantastic
• outstanding
• freaky
• noticeable
• freakish
• shocking
• aberrant
• crotchety
• prominent
• atypical
• conspicuous
• striking
• phenomenal
• salient
• notable
• idiosyncratic
• phantasmagoric
• singular
• out-there
• puzzling
• unwonted
• perplexing
• phantasmagorical
• baffling
• addlepated
• nonconformist
• atrocious
• confounding
• unorthodox
• bewildering
• uncustomary
• mystifying
• nonmainstream

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• normal
• usual
• typical
• ordinary
• average
• routine
• standard
• prosaic
• everyday
• conservative
• commonplace
• garden
• conventional
• familiar
• unremarkable
• predictable
• run-of-the-mill
• unexceptional
• workaday
• conformist
• frequent
• regular
• common
• expected
• habitual
• customary
• knee-jerk
• wonted

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• normal
• usual
• typical
• ordinary
• average
• routine
• standard
• prosaic
• everyday
• conservative
• commonplace
• garden
• conventional
• familiar
• unremarkable
• predictable
• run-of-the-mill
• unexceptional
• workaday
• conformist
• frequent
• regular
• common
• expected
• habitual
• customary
• knee-jerk
• wonted

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5

as in psychotic

dialect having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind

the man would inflict on innocent bystanders his cranky ruminations on world events

Synonyms & Similar Words

• psychotic
• mad
• lunatic
• insane
• nuts
• crazy
• maniacal
• paranoid
• maniac
• mental
• gaga
• crazed
• disturbed
• psycho
• paranoidal
• deranged
• whacky
• demented
• looney
• whacko
• unbalanced
• unhinged
• depressed
• strange
• eccentric
• cracked
• wacko
• screwy
• nutty
• irrational
• loony
• cuckoo
• scatty
• batty
• wacky
• kooky
• daffy
• daft
• haywire
• ballistic
• moonstruck
• around the bend
• odd
• crackbrained
• bedlam
• meshuga
• certifiable
• loony tunes
• unreasonable
• foolish
• obsessed
• distraught
• crackpot
• non compos mentis
• kookie
• distracted
• barmy
• bonkers
• neurotic
• loco
• out to lunch
• brainsick
• hysteric
• unsound
• bats
• bughouse
• meshugah
• tetched
• balmy
• frantic
• looney tunes
• loopy
• fey
• hysterical
• meshuggah
• meshugge
• fruity
• schizophrenic
• delirious
• paranoic
• queer
• crackers
• schizoid
• off
• sociopathic
• obsessive-compulsive
• delusional
• paranoiac
• oddball
• disordered
• dotty
• out of one's mind
• wud
• off one's rocker
• delusionary
• off one's gourd
• aberrant
• touched
• pixillated
• off one's head
• pixilated
• out of one's head
• nuclear
• witless
• berserk
• potty
• wigged-out
• raving
• amuck
• monomaniacal
• frenzied
• ape
• fixated
• senseless
• monomaniac
• teched
• amok
• bananas

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sound
• sane
• balanced
• reasonable
• rational
• clear
• wise
• normal
• lucid
• sensible
• compos mentis
• judicious
• uncrazy
• healthy
• well-adjusted
• unneurotic

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• sound
• sane
• balanced
• reasonable
• rational
• clear
• wise
• normal
• lucid
• sensible
• compos mentis
• judicious
• uncrazy
• healthy
• well-adjusted
• unneurotic

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