Antonyms for cranky
ˈkræŋ kicranky

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 3 votes

1. cranky

   Synonyms:
   crotchety, queer

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1. • Boat

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. crank, cranky, tender, tippyadjective

   (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

   Antonyms:
   stable, good-natured

   Synonyms:
   untoughened, pettish, crank, peckish, petulant, tender, sensitive, fond, peevish, tetchy, irritable, warm, raw, fractious, nettlesome, scratchy, techy, tippy, sore, affectionate, lovesome, testy

2. cranky, fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techyadjective

   easily irritated or annoyed

   "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

   Antonyms:
   good-natured, stable

   Synonyms:
   irritating, rough, tender, bothersome, galling, gravelly, crank, pesky, scratchy, pettish, pestiferous, pestering, abrasive, uneven, vexing, petulant, irritable, excitable, plaguey, refractory, teasing, tippy, peevish, rasping, recalcitrant, nettlesome, fractious, plaguy, tetchy, testy, spotty, techy, vexatious, raspy, peckish, annoying, grating

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 4 votes

1. crankyadjective

   Synonyms:
   crotchety, capricious, unreasonable, cantankerous, cross, perverse, cross-grained, contumacious unsteady

How to use cranky in a sentence?

1. Lewis Howes:

   Staying physically in shape helps with mental capacity and allows me to make better decisions, if I wasn’t taking care of my physical health, I’d be slower, I’d need more caffeine, and I’d be more cranky toward employees or teammates. Who cares if our business is thriving if we’re 300 pounds overweight or we have a heart attack at 35?

2. Melissa Soesmann of Leonia:

   It’s horrific, and it’s all the time, they will see that you are trying to get out, but they won’t let you. People are cranky; it’s the morning. By the time they are up here, who knows how long they have been sitting in traffic.

3. Meir Kryger:

   Just imagine you don't sleep enough and you're cranky, who's going to want to be around you ? Another part of it is being cognitively sharp.

4. Joe Taravella:

   I would try and put their behaviors into words like saying, 'I see that you've been more cranky lately or more upset, I'm wondering if something's going on, if you feel upset about something,'.

5. Howard Dean:

   The strategy is get your point across, never make more than one or two big points, and don't snipe at somebody without thinking it through because you don't want to look cranky.

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