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
Example sentences :
  • "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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