äreä — meaning in English

English meaning

• cranky adjective Easily irritated; grumpy and bad-tempered.
• cross noun A shape formed by two intersecting lines, or an upright post with a crossbar, especially as a religious symbol.
• grumpy adj Easily annoyed and bad-tempered.
• irascible adjective Easily made angry; quick-tempered by nature.
• morose adjective Gloomy, sullen, and in a persistently bad mood.

Senses

äreä is used for these senses in English:

• cranky Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset.
• cross (chiefly, British, Ottawa Valley) Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
• grumpy Dissatisfied and irritable.
• irascible Easily provoked to outbursts of anger; irritable.
• morose Sullen, gloomy; showing a brooding ill humour.

cranky — full definition

1. adjective Easily irritated; grumpy and bad-tempered.
2. adjective Not working properly; faulty or unreliable.

cross — full definition

1. noun A shape formed by two intersecting lines, or an upright post with a crossbar, especially as a religious symbol.
2. verb To go from one side of something to the other.
3. adj Annoyed or bad-tempered.

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