crankiness 的定义
crank·i·er, crank·i·est.
- ill-tempered; grouchy; cross: I'm always cranky when I don't get enough sleep.
- eccentric; queer.
- shaky; unsteady; out of order.
- full of bends or windings; crooked.
- British Dialect. sickly; in unsound or feeble condition; infirm.
crankiness 近义词
等同于 acrimony
更多crankiness例句
- Don’t be that cranky neighbor who grumbles at the sight of any snowflakes.
- Life gets cranky when you try to live it according to some schedule, like married by 26 and billionaire by 30 and whatever else we’re supposed to tick off the list.
- In hopes of a discovering weaponry farther afield, I repeatedly tried to get the cranky thing to loft me up on the bridge.
- Nursing helped to assuage injuries, fatigue, crankiness, and even sickness.
- The test of "crankiness," then, lies in the adequacy of the advantage reaped.
- An admirable epitome of what might be called “advanced health culture without crankiness.”
- With an old maid's usual crankiness and inability to adapt herself to the order of things, Cousin Fanny remained behind.
- But, at least, it was interesting crankiness, and the belief behind it made it even fascinating.
- Despite the happy-juice in my bloodstream, a streak of uncastmemberly crankiness was shot through my mood.