cranky
Anglais
Adjectif
Nature | Forme |
---|---|
Positif | cranky |
Comparatif | crankier |
Superlatif | crankiest |
cranky \ˈkɹaŋ.ki\
- (Désuet) Faible.
- Se dit d’une machine en mauvaise condition.
- 1914, Theodore Roosevelt, Through the Brazilian Wilderness, The River of Doubt,
- We had seven canoes, all of them dugouts. One was small, one was cranky, and two were old, waterlogged, and leaky. The other three were good.
- 1914, Theodore Roosevelt, Through the Brazilian Wilderness, The River of Doubt,
- Irritable.
- He got home from a long day at work tired and cranky.
- Singulier, excentrique.
- 1934 December, Robert E. Howard, The Road to Bear Creek, in Action Stories,
- Uncle Esau is as cranky as hell, and a peculiar old duck, but I think he'll like a fine upstanding young man as big as you be.
- (Archaïsme) Spirituel.
Prononciation
- (États-Unis) : écouter « cranky [kræŋ.ki] »
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