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crankish

crankish adjective: cranky; grumpy; bad-tempered.

Adjective

crankish (comparative more crankish, superlative most crankish)

  1. (informal) cranky; grumpy; bad-tempered
  2. (informal) pseudoscientific
    • a crankish society of supposed UFO abductees

Forms of crankish

comparativemore crankish
superlativemost crankish

Origin of crankish

From crank + -ish.

Questions about crankish

What does crankish mean?
Crankish means cranky; grumpy; bad-tempered.
What part of speech is crankish?
Crankish is an adjective.

Words near crankish in the dictionary

  1. cranking out
  2. cranking the handle
  3. cranking the hog
  4. cranking up
  5. crankings
  6. crankish
  7. crankism
  8. crankle
  9. crankled
  10. crankles
  11. crankless

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