Nathan Myhrvold

People get cranky when you burst their bubble. Over time, advances in astronomy have relentlessly reinforced the utter insignificance of Earth on a celestial scale. Fortunately, political and religious leaders stopped barbecuing astronomers for saying so, turning their spits with human-rights activists instead.

American Businessman

Robin McKinley

I get a little cranky with the whole business about kids not having attention spans. This reminds me of the usual business of thinking that the next generation is hopeless. Every generation has said that about every younger generation.

American Author

Frederica Mathewes-Green

Women don't need to have our own little corner of the church where we can feel precious or, alternatively, cranky. In every essential thing, as far as life in Christ is concerned, the differences between men and women are irrelevant.

Author

Camille Perri

I've trained myself to write the first two or three hours I'm awake simply by doing it every day. If life stuff interferes with this sacred time, I get very cranky.

Dolly Parton

I'm old enough and cranky enough now that if someone tried to tell me what to do, I'd tell them where to put it.

American Singer

Terry Pratchett

I like writing. I get cranky when I can't. Yes, I write books back to back, and I work very hard on them.

English Author

Mukul Dev

I have to get my eight hours of sleep. Otherwise I'd be cranky all day.

Indian Actor

Jenna Blum

I have to read once a day, or I become cranky.

American Writer

Andy Griffith

I'm not really wise. But I can be cranky.

American Actor

Shirley MacLaine

American Actress

Often used when someone's bad mood comes from a specific cause, like lack of sleep.

Emotional State

Suggests a temporary mood, not a personality trait.

Temporary Mood

Describes a physical reaction to roads or pathways making travel uncomfortable.

Travel Discomfort

Refers to roads or paths that are hard to navigate due to their layout.

Difficult Navigation

Highlights an element of surprise in someone's unusual behavior or ideas.

Expression Surpise

Indicates that cranky can describe something that deviates from the norm.

Unconventional

Cranky often refers to older things, suggesting frequent breakdowns or failures.

Old and Unreliable

Implies that something might need fixing or replacement soon.

Need for Repair

Used when dealing with persons or things requiring extra effort to manage.

Managing Difficulty

Indicates that dealing with the person or thing often leads to complaints or issues.

Frequent Complaints

 But then you always have these cranky Yankees. On the way over here, somebody was telling me about Ilie Nastase, who said some very unkind, inappropriate, dare I say racial things. You have responded to him. I'm not even going to dignify what he said, but you responded. Why did you respond? Well, I think there are very inappropriate comments,

On tennis, love and...

 Hang left at cranky, right at preoccupied, U-turn on silent treatment, all the way back to tongue kissing and good lovin'. You could navigate and understand every emotional intersection. Some days, I'm as shallow as a baking pan, but I still stretch miles in all directions.

If I controlled the...

 and by the way that's not all bad right for technology to know that i mean let's say i'm feeling cranky and suddenly up on my screen it pops up a note saying hey go to the fridge and drink product x you know and you drink it and oh i feel better that's that's

Yuval Noah Harari...

 that was found frozen and without a pulse in her front yard one morning in the winter, and they brought her back to life. The next day, she was doing so well, they wanted to run tests on her. She got cranky and just went home. So, these are miracles, right?

Mark Roth: Suspended...

 to help people deal with the stress response cycle. But just taking the example of a you get out of your car or you get off the bus, and your shoulders are trying to be your earrings, and you're grumpy and cranky

Emily Nagoski and Amelia...

 then he does his best to distract the big birds but the storks seem to be getting cranky came for a pop and they won't be denied the mongooses abandon ship and look for more secure turf

Mongooses vs. Giant...

 heard he gonna get a car we know what a car would with later back we know what's come to town much my first car was a little boy t-ball forward that didn't front cranky

109-Year-Old Veteran and...

 and make both of you a nice cup of tea. Being full of affection for one's goofy, self-centered, cranky, annoying self is home. It's where world peace begins. Number

12 truths I learned from...

 ground Tasmanian Devils are the Kangaroos crankiest cousin like most marsupials they start as tiny specks in their mother's pouch they don't get as

Bite of the Tasmanian...

 was a cranky while we're in count that one 42

Cranky

Grumpy, easily annoyed or bothered.

Full of bends and turns.

Weird or strange.

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Not working well or reliably.

Difficult to deal with.

Emotional State

Temporary Mood

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