cranky
1ill-tempered; grouchy; cross: I'm always cranky when I don't get enough sleep.
eccentric; queer.
shaky; unsteady; out of order.
full of bends or windings; crooked.
British Dialect. sickly; in unsound or feeble condition; infirm.
Origin of cranky
1Other words for cranky
Other words from cranky
- crank·i·ly, adverb
- crank·i·ness, noun
Other definitions for cranky (2 of 2)
Origin of cranky
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How to use cranky in a sentence
"You don't know how to live cheaply," rejoined Tiernay, crankily.
Roland Cashel | Charles James Lever"I wish it was nearer home you were going to do it," said he, crankily.
Barrington | Charles James Lever
British Dictionary definitions for cranky (1 of 2)
/ (ˈkræŋkɪ) /
informal eccentric
mainly US, Canadian and Irish informal fussy and bad-tempered
shaky; out of order
full of bends and turns
dialect unwell
Derived forms of cranky
- crankily, adverb
- crankiness, noun
British Dictionary definitions for cranky (2 of 2)
/ (ˈkræŋkɪ) /
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