cranky
eccentric, bad tempered
TRANSLATION
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STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Konrad Adenauer became increasingly difficult as he got older. At the age of ninety, Adenauer caught a severe cold. His physician, frustrated by his inability to help the CRANKY chancellor, finally lost his patience: "I am not a magician!" he cried. "I can't make you young again!"
"I haven't asked you to," Adenauer replied. "All I want is to go on getting older!"
"I haven't asked you to," Adenauer replied. "All I want is to go on getting older!"
Did you
know?
cranky
Means to be eccentric or bad tempered - the word is often applied to elderly people.
Crankiness must be quite a common human condition, lots of synonyms:
bad-humored, bearish, bitchy, cantankerous, choleric, crabby, cross, crotchety, cussed, disagreeable, grouchy, grumpy, hot-tempered, ill-humored, irascible, ornery, quick-tempered, ratty, snappish, tetchy, vinegary
Means to be eccentric or bad tempered - the word is often applied to elderly people.
Crankiness must be quite a common human condition, lots of synonyms:
bad-humored, bearish, bitchy, cantankerous, choleric, crabby, cross, crotchety, cussed, disagreeable, grouchy, grumpy, hot-tempered, ill-humored, irascible, ornery, quick-tempered, ratty, snappish, tetchy, vinegary
