cranky
Anglais[modifier le wikicode]
Étymologie[modifier le wikicode]
Adjectif [modifier le wikicode]
| Nature | Forme |
|---|---|
| Positif | cranky \ˈkɹæŋ.ki\ |
| Comparatif | crankier \ˈkɹæŋ.ki.ɚ\ ou \ˈkɹæŋ.ki.ə\ |
| Superlatif | crankiest \ˈkɹæŋ.ki.ɪst\ |
cranky \ˈkɹæŋ.ki\
- (Désuet) Faible.
- Se dit d’une machine en mauvaise condition.
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.
— (Theodore Roosevelt, Through the Brazilian Wilderness, The River of Doubt, 1914)
- Irritable.
- Singulier, excentrique ; se dit aussi d’une personne dont l’état mental n’est pas parfait.
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.
— (Robert E. Howard, The Road to Bear Creek, in Action Stories, décembre 1934)
- (Archaïsme) Spirituel.
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Prononciation[modifier le wikicode]
- \ˈkɹæŋ.ki\
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