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cranky
/ˈkɹæŋki/
adj 5
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, last, little, pretty, small, tired
VERB + CRANKY
doesn't, get, looked, sounded, work
CRANKY + NOUN
afternoon, goat, it's, man's, mary, morning, night, photo
PREP.
in
Definitions
adj
1
Not in good working condition; defective, faulty.
We had seven canoes, all of them dugouts. One was small, one was cranky, and two were old, waterlogged, and leaky. The other three were good.
Margaret Cerullo gave a rousing speech, despite the pesky interruptions of a cranky sound system.
2
Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset.
He got home from a long day at work tired and cranky.
3
Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.
Uncle Esau is as cranky as hell, and a peculiar old duck, but I think he'll like a fine upstanding young man as big as you be.
4
Synonym of crank (“of a ship: liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast”).
a cranky vessel
5
Full of spirit; spirited.
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We had seven canoes, all of them dugouts. One was small, one was cranky, and two were old, waterlogged, and leaky. The other three were good.
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Margaret Cerullo gave a rousing speech, despite the pesky interruptions of a cranky sound system.
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He got home from a long day at work tired and cranky.
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It is easy to get the cranky man's goat by teasing him.
Tatoeba · #2030405
He is cranky.
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He was so cranky last night.
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