Mental vs Cranky - What's the difference?
mental | cranky |
Of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process.
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*:“I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"
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, title= Insane, mad, crazy.
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Enjoyable; fun.
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(lb) Of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw, genial.
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(lb) Of or relating to the chin-like or lip-like structure.
(obsolete) Weak, unwell.
Not in good working condition; shaky.
* 1914 , '', ''The River of Doubt ,
Grouchy, irritable; easily upset.
Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.
* 1934 December, ,
(archaic) Full of spirit; spirited.
As adjectives the difference between mental and cranky
is that mental is of or relating to the mind or an intellectual process while cranky is (obsolete) weak, unwell.As a noun mental
is (zoology) a plate or scale covering the mentum or chin of a fish or reptile.mental
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(wikipedia mental)Adjective
(-)Ian Sample
Irregular bedtimes may affect children's brains, passage=Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.}}
Synonyms
* genial (in the sense referring to the chin) * genian (in the sense referring to the chin)Derived terms
* extramental * intermental * intramental * mentalese * mentalist * mentality * mentally * mental age * mental block * mental disease * mental home * mental patientExternal links
* *Anagrams
* ----cranky
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Adjective
(er)- 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.
- He got home from a long day at work tired and cranky .
- 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.