cranky
[adjective]
Synonyms: insane, crackbrained, cracked, crackers, cracky, crazed, crazy, cuckoo, daffy, daft, cantankerous, bearish, cankered, cross-grained, crotchety, ornery, vinegarish, vinegary, waspish, waspy, irascible, choleric, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, ratty, stomachy, temperish, testy, tetchy, touchy

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Related Idioms: out of sorts
Related Words: contrary, difficult, froward, perverse, bad-humored, ill-humored, disagreeable, ugly

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crank‧y /ˈkræŋki/ adjective
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: Partly from ⇒ crank¹; partly from crank 'loose, not working properly' (18-19 centuries) (perhaps from Dutch or German krank 'weak, ill')]

1. British English informal strange ⇒ eccentric, weird:
Organic farming is no longer thought of as cranky.

2. informal bad-tempered:
I was feeling tired and cranky.
—crankiness noun [uncountable]

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