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cranksome

cranksome adjective: characterised by cranking or crankiness; cranky.

Adjective

cranksome (comparative more cranksome, superlative most cranksome)

  1. Characterised by cranking or crankiness; cranky.
    • “So he do; but then he's such a cranksome kind of old body. Ten to one if you speak to him he won't give you a civil answer.”1894, London Society, volume 65
    • “[...] Hiccup knows, we had enough trouble ferreting out the way here, along those tortive, cranksome pash—hic, pardon me—passages of yotun down below.”2002, Joan Aiken, The Whispering Mountain

Forms of cranksome

comparativemore cranksome
superlativemost cranksome

Origin of cranksome

From crank + -some.

Questions about cranksome

What does cranksome mean?
Cranksome means characterised by cranking or crankiness; cranky.
What part of speech is cranksome?
Cranksome is an adjective.

Words near cranksome in the dictionary

  1. cranksets
  2. crankshaft
  3. crankshafted
  4. crankshafting
  5. crankshafts
  6. cranksome
  7. crankwalk
  8. crankweb
  9. crankwebs
  10. cranky
  11. Cranleigh

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