crank⋅y [krang-kee]
–adjective, crank⋅i⋅er, crank⋅i⋅est.
| 1. | ill-tempered; grouchy; cross: I’m always cranky when I don’t get enough sleep. |
| 2. | eccentric; queer. |
| 3. | shaky; unsteady; out of order. |
| 4. | full of bends or windings; crooked. |
| 5. | British Dialect. sickly; in unsound or feeble condition; infirm. |
Related forms:
crank⋅i⋅ly, adverb
crank⋅i⋅ness, noun
Synonyms:
1. crotchety, cantankerous, perverse.
3 Comments
June 25, 2009 at 5:24 pm
I was going to leave a wisecrack comment, but with you being all cranky and all, I didn’t want to call attention to myself.
June 26, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Hee, it would be wise for you not to cross me in my present state.
June 26, 2009 at 5:18 pm
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Cranky Cat is cranky.