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
Don’t be that cranky neighbor who grumbles at the sight of any snowflakes.
Best snow shovel: Clear your driveway fast | PopSci Commerce Team | January 19, 2021 | Popular-ScienceLife gets cranky when you try to live it according to some schedule, like married by 26 and billionaire by 30 and whatever else we’re supposed to tick off the list.
Carolyn Hax: When turning 30 becomes an existential crisis | Carolyn Hax | January 1, 2021 | Washington PostIn hopes of a discovering weaponry farther afield, I repeatedly tried to get the cranky thing to loft me up on the bridge.
‘Bugsnax’ is charming and funny, but sapped by vexing gameplay | Harold Goldberg | November 9, 2020 | Washington PostNursing helped to assuage injuries, fatigue, crankiness, and even sickness.
The Bogus Breastfeeding Debate Over Nursing Older Kids | Diane Wiessinger | May 22, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe test of "crankiness," then, lies in the adequacy of the advantage reaped.
International Language | Walter J. Clark
An admirable epitome of what might be called “advanced health culture without crankiness.”
The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 | VariousWith an old maid's usual crankiness and inability to adapt herself to the order of things, Cousin Fanny remained behind.
The Burial of the Guns | Thomas Nelson PageBut, at least, it was interesting crankiness, and the belief behind it made it even fascinating.
Four Weird Tales | Algernon BlackwoodDespite the happy-juice in my bloodstream, a streak of uncastmemberly crankiness was shot through my mood.
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom | Cory Doctorow
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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