Cranky
Crossword Clue and Answers

Today we have 22 crossword solutions for Cranky which appeared recently in The Guardian Quick.

We have deemed Cranky as a UNCOMMON crossword clue as we have not seen it regularly in many crossword publications.

The most recent answer we found for this clue is "IRRITABLE".

Publications

  • The Guardian Quick - Saturday, 8 Aug 2020

Crossword Answers

3 letters

ODD
An indefinite quantity more than that specified; "invited 30-odd guests"

5 letters

CROSS
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

TECHY
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

TESTY
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

CRANK
A bad-tempered person

TIPPY
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

ANGRY
Feeling or showing anger; "angry at the weather"; "angry customers"; "an angry silence"; "sending angry letters to the papers"

6 letters

GRUMPY
Annoyed and irritable

TENDER
Given to sympathy or gentleness or sentimentality; "a tender heart"; "a tender smile"; "tender loving care"; "tender memories"; "a tender mother"

TETCHY
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

CRABBY
Annoyed and irritable

7 letters

GROUCHY
Annoyed and irritable

PECKISH
Somewhat hungry

PEEVISH
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

PETTISH
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

8 letters

PETULANT
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

SCRATCHY
Unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound; "a gravelly voice"

9 letters

FRACTIOUS
Unpredictably difficult in operation; likely to be troublesome; "rockets were much too fractious to be tested near thickly populated areas"; "fractious components of a communication system"

IRRITABLE
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

ECCENTRIC
Conspicuously or grossly unconventional or unusual; "restaurants of bizarre design--one like a hat, another like a rabbit"; "famed for his eccentric spelling"; "a freakish combination of styles"; "his off-the-wall antics"; "the outlandish clothes of teenagers"; "outre and affected stage antics"

CROTCHETY
Having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

10 letters

NETTLESOME
Causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong"