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Meanings of crankiness in anglès
Synonyms
Examples for "contrariness"
Examples for "contrariness"
1
The innate contrariness of things seemed to be blocking all his plans.
2
It seems that the artistic personality has a certain contrariness to it.
3
Nevertheless the British soldiers, with characteristic contrariness, declared their preference for it.
4
Jack ran away of his own free-will, and out of downright contrariness.
5
There is at least as much contrariness in your character as in mine.
1
Except it normally takes a bit longer before the grumpiness starts.
2
At any rate I had discovered the cause of his grumpiness.
3
You'll have to excuse me for all that creeping and thumping and grumpiness.
4
Instead, we are increasingly subjected to bouts of grumpiness, ill-humour and downright rudeness.
5
Not surprisingly, the Duchess's grumpiness became legendary, as Voltaire has so ably chronicled.
Usage of crankiness in anglès
1
On the subject of crankiness, I've observed acute examples in unexpected places.
2
But this crankiness had nothing to do with funky tasting tap water.
3
Anyway, the Warshawski Agency is famous for the crankiness of its operatives.
4
Ryanair crankiness: is there anything else that unites so much as a nation?
5
She did not really have emotions, unless you count overwhelming crankiness.
6
Despite her occasional crankiness, Esther really had blossomed as a barista.
7
You have a deal too much sense to harbor any crazy spiritual crankiness.
8
It's worse than simple crankiness-thepoor old chap is getting almost--
9
When it comes to plumbing, for example, crankiness is fine: gurgling can add character.
10
My musicians weren't bothered; they were used to Viridius, whose crankiness knew no limits.
11
Said Mildred with a faint sneer, "That sounds like Mr. Keith's crankiness."
12
The test of "crankiness," then, lies in the adequacy of the advantage reaped.
13
Besides, I like to think that my colleagues find my iconoclastic crankiness kind of endearing.
14
He belonged to C Company, and was a man subject to occasional fits of crankiness.
15
Wracked and riddled with the crankiness this morning.
16
And when crankiness was just around the corner.
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Crankiness through the time