Cranky vs. Crabby — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Cranky and Crabby
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Cranky
Having a bad disposition; peevish.
Crabby
Grouchy; ill-tempered.
Cranky
Having eccentric ways; odd.
Crabby
Visibly irritated or annoyed; grouchy, irritable, in a foul mood; given to complaining or finding fault in an annoyed way.
Cranky
Full of bends and turns; crooked
A cranky mountain road.
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Crabby
Crabbed; difficult, or perplexing.
Cranky
Working unpredictably; erratic
A cranky old truck.
Crabby
Crabbed; difficult, or perplexing.
Cranky
Rickety; loose.
Crabby
Perversely irritable
Cranky
Liable to capsize.
Cranky
(of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition.
Cranky
Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset.
He got home from a long day at work tired and cranky.
Cranky
Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.
Cranky
Syn of crank
A cranky vessel
Cranky
(archaic) Full of spirit; spirited.
Cranky
(obsolete) Weak, unwell.
Cranky
Full of spirit; crank.
Cranky
Addicted to crotchets and whims; unreasonable in opinions; crotchety.
Cranky
Unsteady; easy to upset; crank.
Cranky
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
Cranky
Easily irritated or annoyed;
An incorrigibly fractious young man
Not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
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