What is another word for crankiness?
484 synonyms found
What is crankiness?
How to be less cranky?
How to be less moody?
Pronunciation:
[ kɹˈaŋkinəs], [ kɹˈaŋkinəs], [ k_ɹ_ˈa_ŋ_k_i_n_ə_s]
Related words: cranky person, cranky mood, grumpy person, having a bad day, not in the mood, bad mood
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Synonyms for Crankiness:
n.
• acrimony (noun)- animosity,
- ill will,
- sarcasm,
- acerbity,
- antipathy,
- belligerence,
- malice,
- harshness,
- rancor,
- mordancy,
- rudeness,
- irascibility,
- bitterness,
- malevolence,
- peevishness,
- asperity,
- virulence.
- nervousness,
- explosiveness,
- tempestuousness,
- sensitivity,
- emotionality,
- hot-temperedness,
- short-temperedness,
- fragility,
- edginess,
- rashness,
- storminess,
- quick-temperedness,
- Combustibility,
- brittleness,
- recklessness,
- volatility,
- impulsiveness,
- passion,
- excitableness,
- Ardency.
Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words:- foolishness,
- awkwardness,
- quick temper,
- sharpness,
- disquietude,
- struggle,
- virulency,
- anomalousness,
- disagree,
- hitch,
- slightness,
- anneal,
- fretfulness,
- variance,
- tetchiness,
- chemical reaction,
- curio,
- irritation,
- spring,
- differ,
- impulse,
- harlequinade,
- unwiseness,
- homoeroticism,
- warmth,
- oppositeness,
- cruelness,
- deflection,
- engagement,
- opponent,
- abrasiveness,
- kick back,
- gross out,
- gripe,
- bellicoseness,
- indulgence,
- electric resistance,
- jitteriness,
- refractoriness,
- thorniness,
- boot,
- nastiness,
- capriciousness,
- ire,
- protest,
- impedance,
- departure,
- pugnacity,
- hindrance,
- zig-zag,
- bounce,
- unmanageableness,
- ill temper,
- littleness,
- primitiveness,
- kicking,
- recalcitrancy,
- offend,
- absurdity,
- yellow bile,
- delicacy,
- complain,
- kvetch,
- squinch,
- abnormalcy,
- quail,
- fury,
- hardship,
- resistivity,
- discrepancy,
- preventative,
- inquietude,
- stypsis,
- electrical resistance,
- rigourousness,
- mutual exclusiveness,
- passionateness,
- wince,
- rancour,
- arbitrariness,
- shrink,
- hydrophobia,
- opposite,
- anger,
- venom,
- horror,
- mannerism,
- optical aberration,
- curiosity,
- homosexuality,
- rabies,
- underground,
- mental defectiveness,
- whimsicality,
- chasten,
- speciality,
- pique,
- niggardliness,
- quetch,
- breakability,
- mollify,
- preventive,
- divergency,
- stripes,
- harden,
- crank,
- cruelty,
- distinguishing characteristic,
- disturbance,
- response,
- normalize,
- grade insignia,
- restiveness,
- malevolency,
- heedlessness,
- spleen,
- stripe,
- disagreement,
- foeman,
- clumsiness,
- fluff,
- aberrance,
- plain,
- cringe,
- contradiction in terms,
- moderate,
- quirk,
- confrontation,
- cattiness,
- whim,
- foe,
- rush,
- bad blood,
- roughness,
- love,
- uneasiness,
- humour,
- gall,
- nonconformance,
- tightness,
- caustic remark,
- run afoul,
- bruise,
- injure,
- sensibility,
- inconsideration,
- distortion,
- jaundice,
- humor,
- moroseness,
- aversion,
- severity,
- parsimony,
- rarity,
- crudeness,
- unthoughtfulness,
- zig,
- insurrection,
- malignity,
- tomfoolery,
- maladroitness,
- lyssa,
- animus,
- distaste,
- dispute,
- nerves,
- take issue,
- tightfistedness,
- ghostliness,
- predisposition,
- geometrical irregularity,
- sulkiness,
- churn up,
- resistor,
- backfire,
- crotchet,
- severeness,
- silliness,
- slowness,
- sound off,
- unusual person,
- uniqueness,
- unbalance,
- reverberation,
- jumpiness,
- distinctiveness,
- noise,
- vileness,
- bitter,
- worthlessness,
- betise,
- hardness,
- sour,
- inconsistency,
- ineptness,
- deviance,
- constipation,
- unfamiliarity,
- ferment,
- craziness,
- ricochet,
- agitation,
- frippery,
- incompatibility,
- flush,
- fight,
- charge,
- reverberate,
- bizarreness,
- foolhardiness,
- trivia,
- rigorousness,
- battle,
- short temper,
- fussiness,
- crispness,
- unregularity,
- parsimoniousness,
- stiffness,
- toughness,
- bagatelle,
- hostility,
- rigor,
- heat,
- take a hop,
- detrition,
- resentment,
- discourtesy,
- notion,
- trifle,
- specialty,
- unpredictability,
- bang,
- objection,
- contravene,
- oddment,
- whimsey,
- crudity,
- beef,
- give up,
- acidulousness,
- infringe,
- revulsion,
- small beer,
- beastliness,
- divagation,
- rising,
- disgust,
- rage,
- frivolousness,
- prank,
- sensitiveness,
- sicken,
- resile,
- bitch,
- crispiness,
- closeness,
- smallness,
- minginess,
- nefariousness,
- difference of opinion,
- mood,
- grimness,
- amentia,
- fermentation,
- flightiness,
- clash,
- rebound,
- intervention,
- astringence,
- immunity,
- incumbrance,
- outlandishness,
- resist,
- insaneness,
- cacoethes,
- satire,
- repel,
- rubbing,
- foible,
- unstableness,
- digression,
- season,
- homosexualism,
- encumbrance,
- bound,
- senselessness,
- scratchiness,
- diversion,
- distinctive feature,
- pointlessness,
- funk,
- maliciousness,
- nauseate,
- deflexion,
- thrill,
- inclemency,
- gayness,
- difference,
- aggressiveness,
- wound,
- hurt,
- repulsion,
- vacuity,
- nonconformism,
- belligerency,
- aberrancy,
- foreignness,
- sullenness,
- rigour,
- squawk,
- inconsiderateness,
- uprising,
- excitability,
- curiousness,
- rebellion,
- fatuousness,
- enemy,
- clowning,
- irony,
- wickedness,
- imbalance,
- specialness,
- orneriness,
- emotionalism,
- quirkiness,
- unrest,
- enmity,
- flinch,
- primitivism,
- mania,
- puniness.
- singularity,
- inanity,
- revolt,
- recoil,
- queerness,
- Renitency,
- buffoonery,
- caprice,
- stupidity,
- divergence,
- irascibleness,
- bad temper,
- abnormality,
- bad humor,
- switchback,
- cussedness,
- aberration,
- hairpin,
- anomaly,
- strangeness,
- recalcitrance,
- fatuity,
- foolery,
- reaction,
- biliousness,
- backlash,
- chevron,
- dissent,
- interference,
- Creepiness,
- ineptitude,
- contradiction,
- dogleg,
- madness,
- peculiarity,
- repercussion,
- idiocy,
- lunacy,
- whimsy,
- Irritableness,
- antagonism,
- triviality,
- conflict,
- insanity,
- thoughtlessness,
- ugliness,
- crabbiness,
- perversity,
- temper,
- grouchiness,
- repugnance,
- testiness,
- zag,
- opposition,
- idiosyncrasy,
- zigzag,
- instability,
- resistance,
- idiocrasy,
- freakishness,
- frivolity,
- contrariety,
- nonconformity,
- imbecility,
- insecurity,
- moodiness,
- folly,
- eeriness,
- kick,
- snappishness,
- erraticism,
- eccentricity,
- meanness,
- bad moods,
- perverseness,
- deviation,
- mindlessness,
- waspishness,
- Contraposition,
- friction,
- weirdness,
- oddness,
- irregularity,
- oddity,
- collision.
How to use "Crankiness" in context?
There seems to be a negative connotation associated with crankiness. People seem to think that if someone is cranky, then they must be a difficult person to be around. This couldn't be further from the truth. In fact, being cranky can actually be a sign of Strength and Significance.
When you are cranky, you are simply resisting the urge to become apathetic or compliant. You are fighting back against the prevailing negative energy in your environment. This can be difficult, but it is ultimately worth it. By remaining cranky, you demonstrate that you refuse to let the world push you around.
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