(a.) Addicted to crotchets and whims; unreasonable in opinions; crotchety.
(a.) Unsteady; easy to upset; crank.
Example Sentences:
(1) What better symbol of the crankiness of the current protests against economic orthodoxy could David Cameron and Nick Clegg wish for?
(2) ‘You sound like my old, cranky uncle.’ Yes, I am your old, cranky uncle.
(3) Fellow Tory minister Ken Clarke warned the Greeks of "serious consequences" if they voted for "cranky extremists ".
(4) (If he were Malcolm Turnbull, a certain News Corp columnist might write a cranky blog post.)
(5) Dr al-Zayyat has said she could not carry out a full examination because the baby was "miserable and cranky".
(6) The banks have been very cranky about the levy since it leaked yesterday morning.
(7) The justice secretary did not define what he meant by "cranky extremists".
(8) From Kozlova Zaseka station, a cranky old bus takes you up to Tolstoy's house.
(9) She read a lot of science and economics texts - "the most eccentric passage of my life" - and the resulting polemic, about the dumping of nuclear waste, attracted some cranky reviews in the science press, although she says her findings were hardly startling.
(10) She examined Baby P at a child development clinic at St Ann's hospital, in north London , and although she noticed bruises to his body she decided not to carry out a full examination because the child was ''cranky and miserable''.
(11) Tony Abbott spent yesterday looking pretty cranky, particularly when people criticised his proposal to bring back knights and dames .
(12) As recent touring shows of Picasso estate leftovers have demonstrated, the cranky Spaniard was prolific right up until the end of his life, producing works of varying quality.
(13) Reluctant to defend profits made by banks using cheap QE funds, Krugman accused his rival of being a "cranky old man" and using "context and model-free numbers embedded in a rant".
(14) Clarke warned: "If they get a hopeless lot of cranky extremists elected at the next election then they will default on their debt and everybody says they will leave the euro – actually that's quite likely but it doesn't necessarily follow, but they'll default on their debt."
(15) "If they get a hopeless lot of rather cranky extremists elected at the next election then they will default on their debt."
(16) Dr Sabah al-Zayyat notes bruises to his body and face but does not perform a full examination because he is "miserable and cranky".
(17) Greece will face a disastrous future in which it will default on its debts and may be forced to leave the euro if it votes for "cranky extremists" in next month's general election, Ken Clarke has warned.
(18) He thanked journalists – whom he described as a “cranky, cantankerous lot” – for rallying around and pressing for his release.
(19) There probably isn't enough certain scientific evidence yet (how long did it take for Richard Doll to gain a following for his cranky smoking-causes-lung-cancer theories?)
(20) She was “cranky” over the suggestion that the Coalition was reducing payments to patients.
Frustrated
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Frustrate
Example Sentences:
(1) Michael Schumacher’s manager hopes F1 champion ‘will be here again one day’ Read more Last year, Red Bull were frustrated by Mercedes, Ferrari and Honda as they desperately looked for a new engine supplier.
(2) He had been extremely frustrated that indicators of economic recovery over the past few days had been drowned out by the clamour over the Labour leadership.
(3) Gallic wine sales in the UK have been tumbling for the past 20 years, but the news that France, once the largest exporter to these shores, has slipped behind Australia, the United States, Italy and now South Africa will have producers gnawing their knuckles in frustration.
(4) The pattern of results is consistent with a role for the dorsal bundle in attentional processes but appears to contradict the predictions required if the dorsal bundle were to have a role in frustrative nonreward.
(5) The former Stoke City manager Pulis had reportedly been left frustrated by the club failing to push through deals for various players he targeted to strengthen the Palace squad.
(6) At the weekend the couple’s daughter, Holly Graham, 29, expressed frustration at the lack of information coming from the Foreign Office and the tour operator that her parents travelled with.
(7) Conclusion 1 says that "deliberate attempts were made to frustrate these interviews" – which appears to be an exaggeration.
(8) It is deeply moving hearing him talk now – as if from the grave – about a Christmas Day when he felt so frustrated and cut-off from his family that he had to go into the office to escape.
(9) "It's immensely frustrating and I've got to the point now where I can't do internships," he said.
(10) The announcement comes amid mounting frustration in the international community over Israel’s continued settlement activity, regarded by many countries as illegal.
(11) Hinton-Teoh says: “People are frustrated because it’s taken so long, there’s a valid frustration of the laboured nature of achieving marriage equality.
(12) In many ways, perhaps, but it also must be hugely frustrating for Arsenal’s followers that their team waited until the second leg before reminding us of their qualities.
(13) It frustrates customers, eats up their data allowance and can jeopardise their privacy.
(14) These results support Frankl's theory that sexual frustration may be a manifestation of a more general existential frustration.
(15) Manchester City frustrated by Everton and Sterling’s late penalty claim Read more More than anyone, Giroud took the game to Liverpool.
(16) His normally excellent first touch often let him down and he grew frustrated with the constant attention he received from his Colombian markers.
(17) Are we moving from a culture where MPs stayed in parliament until booted out, to one where many do five years and move on, frustrated and exhausted?
(18) Though the exercises have given the US a chance to vent its frustration at what appears to be state-sponsored espionage and theft on an industrial scale, China has been belligerent.
(19) In the not too distant past, veterinarians, frustrated by lack of technical competence, ignored the emotional needs of clients.
(20) Troh, a 54-year-old nursing assistant, issued a statement on Wednesday that said: “I trust a thorough examination will take place regarding all aspects of his care … I am now dealing with the sorrow and anger that his son was not able to see him before he died.” That appeared to be a reference to frustration at the hospital’s initial failure to diagnose him correctly, and a delay of several days before they treated him with experimental drugs.