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cracky

cracky

1 8.7
Having many thin broken lines on the surface or describing someone slightly odd
  • adjective
  • /ˈkræki/
: agrietado
  • The old paint on the wall appeared cracky, with numerous fissures forming over time.

It doesn't make them look extra cracky or anything like that.

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Examples

  • My hands were just like all red and cracky from like just holding a paintbrush for so long and aches and it's horrible.

  • His cracky behavior often left his friends puzzled about his eccentric personality.

  • My under eyes looked cracky and just not.

  • Like it would look like seriously so cracky and gross.

  • Their faces and arms may be cracky.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • It doesn't make them look extra cracky or anything like that.

  • Cracky, crikey, cracky, crikey, crikey, crikey.

  • After spending hours in the dry weather, my skin felt cracky and uncomfortable.

Synonyms

loopy
vscracky
  • Informal
20 7.9

A person who behaves in a slightly crazy or silly way

tends to describe physical fissures more often than unpredictability
flaky
vscracky
  • Informal
12 5.9

Being a bit strange in behavior or appearance

leans toward physical damage meaning rather than behaving oddly
cracked
vscracky
  • Offensive
7 7.4

Someone who acts a little crazy

is primarily physical but sometimes used for odd or eccentric people
flakey
vscracky
  • UK
3 8.1

Unusual in a way that people notice

is used more for objects with many fissures than for people
crackers
vscracky
  • UK
2 8.8

Acting very silly and not thinking in a sensible way

is a broader term mainly for physical fissures and occasional odd use
crackly
vscracky
1 4.2

Having many small cracks on the surface, like old paint or dry mud

is mainly about having many fissures but can mean odd people
crackbrained
vscracky
  • Offensive
1 9.9

Very foolish and not sensible or responsible

focuses on physical cracking rather than impractical thinking
crackable
vscracky
1 5.1

Likely to form small breaks in its surface when under stress, heat, or age

refers to already showing many fissures rather than potential ones
brickly
vscracky
  • Archaic
9.9

Likely to break or crack easily

means having many visible fissures rather than just being brittle
crackbrain
vscracky
  • Offensive
9.9

Very foolish and not likely to work, often about plans or ideas

refers more to visible damage than to bad ideas or plans

Antonyms

∞ 1.0

Complete and not broken or divided

∞ 1.0

Usual or expected in most situations

How Cracked

shattered
45 4.8
broken
∞ 1.0
cracked
93 2.0
cracky
1 8.7
sound
77 2.3

Surface Forms

cracky positive

Morphology

cracky = crack (transparent) = crack + y

Meaning 'having cracks' is a straightforward adjectival formation from the noun 'crack' plus '-y'.

Etymology

Cracky comes from crack meaning 'a break' or a sharp sound and the ending -y meaning 'full of'. So something cracky is 'full of cracks' and, by extension, can be a bit 'cracked' or odd.