It is easy to get the cranky man's goat by teasing him.
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Cranky
Synonyms for "cranky" (249 found)
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Closest matches (50)
Strong matches (75)
crazycroakingcrosscross grainedcross-grainedcrotchetycrustycuckoocusseddaffydaftdeviantdeviativedifferentdifferingdifficultdisaccordantdisagreeabledisagreeingdisappointed
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discontenteddiscordantdiscrepantdisgruntleddisharmoniousdispleaseddisproportionatedissatisfieddissidentdissonantdivergentdottyeccentricenviouserraticexceptionalexcitablefancifulfantasiedfantasticfantasticalfaultfindingfeistyfeyflakyfractiousfreakishfretfulfrowardfunnygratinggripinggrouchygrousinggrowlinggruffgrumblinggrumpyharebrainedhastyhostilehot-temperedhuffishhuffyhumorsomeidiocraticidiosyncraticill-humoredill-naturedimmiscibleinaccordantincompatibleinharmonious
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (124)
inimicalinsaneirascibleirregularirritablejanglingjarringkinkykookymaggotymalcontentmalcontentedmeanmoodymorosemotivelessmurmuringmutteringnastynegative
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nettlesomenonconformistnotionalnuttyoddoddballopposingoppositionaloppugnantorneryout of accordout of humorout of sortsout of whackpassionatepeculiarpeevishpepperyperversepetulantpricklyquarrelsomequeerquerulantquerulousquick-temperedquirkyrattyreactionaryrebelliousrecalcitrantrenitentrepugnantresentfulresistantrestiverestlessrevolutionaryscrewballscrewyshort-temperedsicklysingularsnappishsourspitefulspleenyspleneticstrangesulkysullensurlytemperamentaltestytetchytortuoustouchytwisteduglyunacceptingunaccommodatinguncongenialunconventionaluneasyunfulfilledungovernedungratifiedunhappyunharmoniousunnaturalunreasonableunrestrainedunsatisfiedunstablevagariousvagrantvariantvinegarishvinegarywackywantonwaspishwaywardweirdwhimsicalwhiny
Adjective(12 words)
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Translations
54 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- ексцентричен adj (eccentric, peculiar)
- капризен adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
- опак adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
- разнебитен adj ((of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition)
Danish
1 entries- gnaven adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
Dutch
2 entries- driftig adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
- opvliegend adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
Finnish
4 entries- erikoinen adj (eccentric, peculiar)
- originelli adj (eccentric, peculiar)
- outo adj (eccentric, peculiar)
- vinksahtanut adj (eccentric, peculiar)
French
2 entries- chafouin adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
- grincheux adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
German
4 entries- eigenartig adj (eccentric, peculiar)
- exzentrisch adj (eccentric, peculiar)
- gereizt adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
- launisch adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
Ingrian
1 entries- tulekas adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
Irish
1 entries- cantalach adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
Japanese
1 entries- 気難しい adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
Macedonian
4 entries- ексце́нтричен adj (eccentric, peculiar)
- на́мрштен adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
- на́муртен adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
- нео́бичен adj (eccentric, peculiar)
Portuguese
4 entries- disfuncional adj ((of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition)
- excêntrico adj (eccentric, peculiar)
- irritável adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
- ranzinza adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
Russian
3 entries- раздражительный adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
- чудаковатый adj (eccentric, peculiar)
- эксцентричный adj (eccentric, peculiar)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- hiròvit adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
- ćùdljiv adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
Spanish
4 entries- de mal genio adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
- de mal humor adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
- gruñón adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
- malhumorado adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
Swedish
3 entries- excentrisk adj (eccentric, peculiar)
- knäpp adj (eccentric, peculiar)
- tokig adj (eccentric, peculiar)
Uzbek
1 entries- tajang adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
Welsh
3 entries- croes adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
- pifis adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
- piwis adj (grouchy, irritable; easily upset)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
He is cranky.
Source: tatoeba (20469)
He was so cranky last night.
Source: tatoeba (244885)
The baby is cranky because it's teething.
Source: tatoeba (729861)
Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.