cranky

crank·y ¹  (krngk)

adj. crank·i·er, crank·i·est

1. Having a bad disposition; peevish.

2. Having eccentric ways; odd.

3. Full of bends and turns; crooked: a cranky mountain road.

4. Working unpredictably; erratic: a cranky old truck.

5. Rickety; loose.

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cranki·ly adv.

cranki·ness n.

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cranky

Adjective

[crankier, crankiest] Informal

1. eccentric

2. bad-tempered

crankiness n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	cranky - (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail crank, tippy, tender boat - a small vessel for travel on water unstable - lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy"
	2.	cranky - easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" peevish, pettish, petulant, irritable, techy, testy, tetchy, nettlesome, peckish, scratchy, fractious ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

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cranky

adjective U.S., Canad., Irish (informal) eccentric, wacky (slang) oddball (informal) freakish, odd, strange, funny (informal) bizarre, peculiar, queer (informal) rum Brit. (slang) quirky, idiosyncratic, off-the-wall (slang) freaky (slang) outré, wacko or whacko (informal) daggy Austral., N.Z. (informal)

Translations

cranky [ˈkræŋkɪ] adj (= eccentric) → maniático (= bad-tempered); de mal genio

cranky [ˈkræŋkɪ] adj → excentrique, loufoque (= bad-tempered); grincheux/euse, revêche

cranky [ˈkræŋkɪ] adj → verrückt

cranky [ˈkræŋkɪ] adj → eccentrico/a (= bad-tempered): to be cranky → avere i nervi