Difference between Cranky and Petulant

CRANKY vs PETULANT: NOUN

Having cranks or turns; checkered.
Full of cranks; full of whims and crotchets; having the characteristics of a crank.
Sickly; ailing.
Merry; cheerful: same as crank.
Nautical, liable to be overset: same as crank, 1.
In a shaky or loose condition; rickety.

Synonyms Petulant, Peevish, Fretful, Pettish, Cross, irritable, irascible, ill-humored, snappish, crusty, choleric. The first five words apply to an ill-governed temper or its manifestation. Petulant expresses a quick impatience, often of a temporary or capricious sort, with bursts of feeling. Peevish expresses that which is more permanent in character, more frequent in manifestation, more sour, and more an evidence of weakness. Fretful applies to one who is soon vexed, of a discontented disposition, or ready to complain, as a sick child. Pettish implies that the impatience, vexation, or testiness is over matters so small that the mood is peculiarly undignified or unworthy. Cross applies especially to the temper, but often to permanent character: as, a cross dog; it often includes anger or sulkiness. Crossness as a mood may be more quiet than the others. See captious.
Manifesting peevish impatience, irritation, or caprice; peevishly pert or saucy; peevish; capricious: said of persons or things: as, a petulant youth; a petulant answer.

Pettish, Ill natured, Tender, Tippy, Techy, Unstable, Nettlesome, Fractious, Crank, Testy, Peckish, Tetchy, Petulant, Peevish, Irritable

Arrogant, Childish, Whiny, Smug, Pettish, Ill natured, Techy, Nettlesome, Peckish, Fractious, Testy, Irritable, Tetchy, Cranky, Peevish

Pettish, Ill natured, Tender, Tippy, Techy, Unstable, Nettlesome, Fractious, Crank, Testy, Peckish, Tetchy, Petulant, Peevish, Irritable

Arrogant, Childish, Whiny, Smug, Pettish, Ill natured, Techy, Nettlesome, Peckish, Fractious, Testy, Irritable, Tetchy, Cranky, Peevish

Gayle may conflict with cranky and sisterly villagers.
Thomas and Cranky have some work to do!
Maggie may conflict with cranky and sisterly villagers.
Please join us and ignore the cranky folks.
I am either a zombie or extremely cranky.
What can I say, prescriptivism makes me cranky.
My little cousin was very tired and cranky.
Cranky Flier Interview presented by Ontario International Airport.
Cranky editorials about the cranky editorials about video games.
Asher had arrived early, judging from the sound of the cranky mules and the equally cranky passenger.

This when he is in such a petulant mood.
Harris smirked the entire time like a petulant child.
What destruction befalls us from pride, lust, petulant anger!
Like a petulant child, tripping over permanently dead comrades.
This man is acting like a petulant, spoiled child.
He may in pity disregard our petulant clamour.
Compson comes across as spoiled, pampered, and petulant.
But like a petulant teenager, she ignored me.
This seemed a bit on the petulant side.
Bush I see as an inexperienced, easily bored and misled, petulant, petulant, stubborn fool.

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