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- Dictionarycranky/ˈkraŋki/
adjective
- 1. eccentric or strange: informal British "a cranky scheme to pipe ground-level ozone into the stratosphere" Similar
- 2. bad-tempered; irritable: North American "he was cranky after eight hours of working" Similar
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easily annoyed or upset: a cranky baby. He's been cranky all day. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. getting angry easily. bad-tempered He's so bad-tempered! He never should have become a teacher. irritable Be careful what you say; he's very irritable today. grumpy I'm just a little tired and grumpy today.
The meaning of CRANKY is given to fretful fussiness : readily angered when opposed : crotchety. How to use cranky in a sentence.
easily annoyed or upset: a cranky baby. He's been cranky all day. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. getting angry easily. bad-tempered He's so bad-tempered! He never should have become a teacher. irritable Be careful what you say; he's very irritable today. grumpy I'm just a little tired and grumpy today.
If you describe ideas or ways of behaving as cranky, you disapprove of them because you think they are strange.
Cranky definition: ill-tempered; grouchy; cross. See examples of CRANKY used in a sentence.
Cranky is one of those words that sounds a little bit like what it means: one who is cranky is easily annoyed, irritable, or testy. My sister gets cranky when she doesn't eat. If you want to have a good day, keep her well fed.
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.
Definition of cranky adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. adjective. If someone is cranky, they are bad-tempered and complain a lot. [US, informal] It was a long trek, and Jack and I both started to get cranky. 2. adjective. If you describe ideas or ways of behaving as cranky, you disapprove of them because you think they are strange. [informal, disapproval] Vegetarianism has shed its cranky image.
Synonyms: cross, testy, crotchety, irritable, irascible, more... Collocations: is always so cranky, stop being so cranky!, why are you so cranky?, more...
