Usually means: Eccentric ideas deviating from norm.
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  1. crankish: Merriam-Webster
  2. crankish: Collins English Dictionary
  3. crankish: Wordnik
  4. crankish: Wiktionary

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  1. crankish: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (crankish)

▸ adjective:  (informal) cranky; grumpy; bad-tempered
▸ adjective:  (informal) pseudoscientific

Similar:
cranksome, cantankerous, cranky, crabbed, cankered, crotchety, crabby, crabbish, twitchy, grumpish, more...

Opposite:
agreeable, pleasant, amiable, affable

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Similar:
cranksome, cantankerous, cranky, crabbed, cankered, crotchety, crabby, crabbish, twitchy, grumpish, more...

Opposite:
agreeable, pleasant, amiable, affable



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