Crankish

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    cranky; grumpy; bad-tempered informal
  2. 2
    pseudoscientific informal

    "a crankish society of supposed UFO abductees"

Synonyms

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abnormalanomalouscrankcrankycrotchetydifferent

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"a crankish society of supposed UFO abductees"

Etymology

From crank + -ish.

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