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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.
6 meanings: 1. informal eccentric 2. mainly US, Canadian and Irish informal fussy and bad-tempered 3. shaky; out of order 4..... Click for more definitions.
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.
Cranky definition: ill-tempered; grouchy; cross. See examples of CRANKY used in a sentence.
A cranky person doesn't get furious or outraged, they're just easier than usual to annoy—things get on their nerves more quickly than they do for other people. You could think of someone who's cranky as having actual crank.
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. If someone is cranky, they are bad-tempered and complain a lot. [US, informal] [...] 2. If you describe ideas or ways of behaving as cranky, you disapprove of them because you think they are strange. [informal, disapproval] [...] More. Pronunciations of 'cranky' American English: kræŋki British English: kræŋki. More. Synonyms of 'cranky'
ill-tempered; grouchy: She's cranky when she doesn't sleep enough. eccentric; erratic. malfunctioning: a cranky, balky car. crank•i•ly /ˈkræŋkəli/ USA pronunciation adv.: She complained crankily. crank•i•ness, n. [uncountable]
