| 词汇 | crankily |
| 释义 | crankily adverb mainly USinformaluk /ˈkræŋ.kəl.i/ us /ˈkræŋ.kəl.i/ in a way that shows that you are easily annoyed or upset: "Give me a minute," he answered crankily. When my toddler wakes at six, I crankily try to persuade him to go back to sleep. in a way that is strange and unusual: His mother was crankily religious and read him the story of Noah every time it rained heavily. The monastery is now a ghost-ridden and crankily characterful hotel. The children rubbed their eyes crankily, like bears. She wanted to stay and play with her friends for a while, but her father was crankily trying to hurry her home. He sat crankily in his armchair, arguing with his wife. Bad-tempered argumentative bad-tempered be hell on wheelsidiom be like a bear with a sore headidiom be spoiling for a fightidiom grouchy grumpily grumpiness grumpy have a short fuseidiom pettishly petulance petulancy petulant petulantly surlily surliness testily testiness testy You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Stupid and silly Strange, suspicious and unnatural Related wordcranky |
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