Synonyms for cracked
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : krakt |
Phonetic Transcription : krækt |
Définition of cracked
Origin :- mid-15c., past participle adjective from crack (v). Meaning "mentally unsound" is 17c. (cf. crack-brain "crazy fellow"). The equivalent Greek word was used in this sense by Aristophanes.
- adj fissured
- "That's it," he said, as he busied himself with a tall glass and the cracked ice.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- It whirled, hummed in the air, and then cracked on the shoulders of Andrew.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- As soon as the skins of the berries have cracked, add the sugar.
- Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 5 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
- A tin cup and a cracked pitcher of spring water stood on the window-sill.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Sometimes it was Mrs Verloc who would appear at the call of the cracked bell.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- Finally Number Thirteen cracked his long whip to attract their attention.
- Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- She whipped the cracked and crumpled card from her pocket and pushed it into his hand.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Everybody knows the song, and everybody knows the cracked voice.
- Extract from : « The Village Watch-Tower » by (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin
- Was love really what it was cracked up to be, or had the novelists handed us guff?
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- The enamel was cracked, and I followed every crack as well as every figure of the hours.
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
Antonyms for cracked
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