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Bad-tempered or irritable

Eccentric or strange in nature or character

Not fully in control of one's mental faculties

Awkward because of size or shape

Characterized by anger or dissatisfaction

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Adjective

Bad-tempered or irritable

ill-humoured^UK

on a short fuse

having got out of bed the wrong side

as cross as two sticks

like a bear with a sore head

got up on wrong side of bed

having got out of bed on the wrong side

hot under the collar

confrontational

easily offended

unaccommodating

apt to fly off the handle

perversely irritable

uncommunicative

bundle of nerves

huffy irascible

with a long face

passive-aggressive

foaming at the mouth

not best pleased

bent out of shape

spoiling for a fight

have chip on shoulder

have a bone to pick

having a chip on one's shoulder

looking for trouble

evil-intentioned

having short fuse

hot under collar

itching to fight

ready for a fight

dishonorable^US

unsportsmanlike

easily frightened

easily agitated

dishonourable^UK

stubborn as a mule

ill-disciplined

socially impaired

undisciplinable

pass-remarkable

set in one's ways

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“Most of the time, she was cranky and grumpy, experiencing this nonstop craving and hunger for ice cream.”

Adjective

Eccentric or strange in nature or character

out of the ordinary

out in left field

out of the common

off the beaten track

uncharacteristic

not tightly wrapped

very unconventional

off the beaten path

incomprehensible

unrepresentative

individualistic

out of this world

weird and wonderful

few and far between

thin on the ground

beyond comprehension

beyond your ken

without parallel

beyond understanding

in a league of its own

non compos mentis

mad as a hatter

away with the fairies

nutty as a fruitcake

mad as a March hare

round the twist

not right in the head

hard to swallow

as daft as a brush

personalized^US

like nothing on earth

unrecognized^US

out of all reason

beyond all reason

unrecognised^UK

breaking new ground

extremely foolish

personalised^UK

feather-brained

stupidly irresponsible

ground-breaking

foreign-looking

off beaten path

never to be forgotten

off your rocker

out of one's mind

touched in the head

soft in the head

off your trolley

with a screw loose

head in the clouds

out of touch with reality

of unsound mind

sick in the head

stark raving mad

foaming at the mouth

stark staring mad

have bats in the belfry

out of one's head

not right upstairs

not quite right in the head

have kangaroos in the top paddock

mentally unbalanced

not the full shilling

have a screw loose

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“Pike soon became a martyr to Lawrence's cranky ideas about typography, a legacy of his passionate admiration for William Morris.”

Adjective

Not fully in control of one's mental faculties

non compos mentis

around the bend

off one's gourd

mad as a hatter

of unsound mind

nutty as a fruitcake

stark raving mad

sick in the head

not the full shilling

round the twist

away with the fairies

mad as a March hare

out of one's mind

as daft as a brush

not quite right in the head

not right upstairs

not right in the head

off your rocker

foaming at the mouth

stark staring mad

off your trolley

have kangaroos in the top paddock

have bats in the belfry

crazy as a loon

have a screw loose

with a screw loose

one card shy of a full deck

a few cards shy of a full deck

a few sandwiches short of a picnic

not in your right mind

out of one's gourd

psychopathological

out of one's head

out of one's tree

severely mentally ill

not of sound mind

in another world

mentally deranged

deprived of one's wits

having a screw loose

off the deep end

manic-depressive

having kangaroos in the top paddock

touched in the head

out of your mind

severely mentally disordered

out of one's skull

out of one's box

one sandwich short of a picnic

as mad as a March hare

as mad as a hatter

daft as a brush

beside yourself

at the end of your tether

not knowing what to do with oneself

two sandwiches short of a picnic

through the roof

mentally unbalanced

soft in the head

fast and furious

out of one's wit

like one possessed

like a chicken with its head cut off

hot under the collar

in a cold sweat

hot and bothered

driven to distraction

out of one's wits

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“It seems one crazy, cranky dollmaker has found the technology to shrink people down to the size of mere dolls.”

Adjective

Awkward because of size or shape

of considerable size

difficult to handle

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“I was sewing by myself on a cranky old machine. I decided if I was really going to sew, I did not trust my ability to baby and coddle that old machine into working correctly for me.”

Adjective

Characterized by anger or dissatisfaction

hot under the collar

not best pleased

in high dudgeon

ill-humoured^UK

bent out of shape

foaming at the mouth

as cross as two sticks

like a bear with a sore head

gnashing one's teeth

at daggers drawn

with a chip on your shoulder

down in the dumps

sick as a parrot

having got out of bed on the wrong side

on a short fuse

cut to the quick

fed up to the teeth

fed up to the back teeth

carrying a chip on your shoulder

disapproving of

with chip on shoulder

blue in the face

having short fuse

hot under collar

down in the mouth

having a fit of the sulks

having got out of bed the wrong side

have had it up to here with

have had enough

have had a basinful of

have had something up to here

easily offended

out of countenance

hot and bothered

beside yourself

discombobulated

discountenanced

evil-intentioned

as black as thunder

perversely irritable

in a towering rage

overcome with anger

with all guns blazing

at end of one's rope

at boiling point

rubbed the wrong way

in a filthy temper

beside yourself with rage

ready to be tied

like a fish out of water

at sixes and sevens

full of dislike

caught off balance

thrown off balance

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