 cranky |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail | |
| Synonyms: | tender tippy crank | |
| Related terms: | boat unstable | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] easily irritated or annoyed | |
| Synonyms: | peevish irritable testy techy peckish pettish petulant tetchy nettlesome fractious | |
| Examples: | "an incorrigibly fractious young man" "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" |
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| Related terms: | ill-natured | |
| Similar spelling: |
crank Crunk Cronk crunchy crinkly Crangon cronyism crank_up croneyism Cranston crankcase crank_out crunch Cronus cringe cranch Crance |
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