Cranky — Crank y ( ?), a. 1. Full of spirit; crank. [1913 Webster] 2. Addicted to crotchets and whims; unreasonable in opinions; crotchety. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 3. Unsteady; easy to upset; crank. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cranky — index fractious, perverse, petulant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
cranky — cross tempered, irritable, 1821, from CRANK (Cf. crank) (q.v.) + Y (Cf. y) (2) … Etymology dictionary
cranky — cross, choleric, splenetic, testy, *irascible, touchy Analogous words: *irritable, fractious, peevish, petulant, snappish: *contrary, perverse, froward: *impatient, nervous, jittery Contrasted words: *calm, tranquil, serene, placid: good nat … New Dictionary of Synonyms
cranky — [adj] in bad mood bad humored, bearish, cantankerous, choleric, crabby, cross, crotchety, cussed, disagreeable, got up on wrong side of bed*, grouchy, grumpy, hot tempered, illhumored, irascible, irritable, like a bear*, mean, ornery*, out of… … New thesaurus
cranky — ► ADJECTIVE (crankier, crankiest) informal 1) eccentric, odd. 2) chiefly N. Amer. bad tempered; irritable. 3) (of a machine) working erratically. DERIVATIVES crankily adverb crankiness noun … English terms dictionary
cranky — [kraŋ′kē] adj. crankier, crankiest 1. in poor condition; apt to operate poorly 2. irritable; cross 3. odd; eccentric 4. Rare full of turns; crooked 5. Naut. liable to lurch or capsize; unsteady SYN. IRRITAB … English World dictionary
cranky — UK [ˈkræŋkɪ] / US adjective Word forms cranky : adjective cranky comparative crankier superlative crankiest informal 1) strange or unusual It was just another of his cranky theories. 2) likely to stop working at any time a cranky old lawnmower 3) … English dictionary
cranky — crank|y [ kræŋki ] adjective INFORMAL 1. ) someone who is cranky gets annoyed easily: IRRITABLE: Traveling can make you cranky, tired, and tense. a ) if a baby or small child is cranky, he or she cries a lot and will not sleep or be calm 2. )… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
cranky — [[t]kræ̱ŋki[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe ideas or ways of behaving as cranky, you disapprove of them because you think they are strange. [INFORMAL] Vegetarianism has shed its cranky image... The Front has often been dismissed… … English dictionary
