Crank and Repressed

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Crank adjective - Joyously unrestrained.

Usage example: folks around here are downright crank that a local boy won a gold medal in the Olympics

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Repressed is an antonym for crank.

Nearby Words: cranked, cranking

Repressed adjective - Not excessively showy.

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Crank is an antonym for repressed.

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Repressed and Crank. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/crank/repressed

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