Shaky vs Cranky - What's the difference?
shaky | cranky |
Shaking]] or [[tremble, trembling.
Nervous]]; [[anxious, Anxious.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=April 10
, author=Alistair Magowan
, title=Aston Villa 1 - 0 Newcastle
, work=BBC Sport
(of wood) Full of shakes or cracks; cracked.
* (seeCites2)
Easily shaken; tottering; unsound.
(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 shaky and cranky
is that shaky is shaking]] or [[tremble|trembling while cranky is (obsolete) weak, unwell.shaky
English
Adjective
(er)- a shaky spot in a marsh
- a shaky hand
- He’s a nice guy but when he talks to me, he acts shaky .
citation, page= , passage=Villa had plenty of opportunities to make the game safe after a shaky start and despite not reaching any great heights, they were resolute enough to take control of the game in the second half. }}
- shaky timber
- a shaky constitution
- shaky business credit
Synonyms
* (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over) precarious, rickety, unsteady, tottering, unsafe, unstable, wobblyDerived terms
* shakiness * shakycamcranky
English
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.