crank·y 1 (kr ng k )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. crank i·ly adv.crank i·ness n. |
| crank·y 2 (krngk) adj. crank·i·er, crank·i·est Nautical Liable to capsize. |
cranky
Adjective
[crankier, crankiest] Informal
1. eccentric
2. bad-tempered
crankiness n
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| Adj. | 1. | cranky - (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail 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 |
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)
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