"cranky" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɹæŋki/ [UK] Audio: en-us-cranky.ogg Forms: crankier [comparative], crankiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -æŋki Etymology: From crank + -y. Compare Middle Low German krankich (“sickly, unwell”). Etymology templates: {{suf|en|crank|y|id2=adjectival}} crank + -y, {{cog|gml|krankich|t=sickly, unwell}} Middle Low German krankich (“sickly, unwell”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} cranky (comparative crankier, superlative crankiest)
  1. (of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition. Tags: usually Categories (topical): Emotions Synonyms: shaky Translations ((of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition): разнебитен (raznebiten) (Bulgarian), disfuncional (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-cranky-en-adj-MNx0rpRM Disambiguation of Emotions: 31 16 24 5 24 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 3 38 10 34 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 4 39 8 36 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 1 38 7 36 0 Disambiguation of '(of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition': 56 1 34 2 6 0
  2. Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset. Translations (grouchy, irritable; easily upset): опак (opak) (Bulgarian), капризен (kaprizen) (Bulgarian), gnaven (Danish), opvliegend (Dutch), driftig (Dutch), äreä (Finnish), ärtyisä (Finnish), grincheux (French), chafouin (French), gereizt (German), launisch (German), tulekas (Ingrian), cantalach (Irish), 気難しい (kimuzukashii) (Japanese), ра́здразлив (rázdrazliv) (Macedonian), на́мрштен (námršten) (Macedonian), на́муртен (námurten) (Macedonian), ranzinza [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), irritável (Portuguese), раздражительный (razdražitelʹnyj) (Russian), ćùdljiv (Serbo-Croatian), hiròvit (Serbo-Croatian), de mal genio (Spanish), mañoso (Spanish), tajang (Uzbek), piwis (Welsh), pifis (Welsh), croes (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-cranky-en-adj-IGu7u2ZA Disambiguation of 'grouchy, irritable; easily upset': 3 92 2 2 1 0
  3. Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar. Translations (eccentric, peculiar): странен (stranen) (Bulgarian), ексцентричен (ekscentričen) (Bulgarian), erikoinen (Finnish), originelli (Finnish), outo (Finnish), vinksahtanut (Finnish), schrullig (German), verschroben (German), spleenig (German), eigenartig (German), exzentrisch (German), чу́ден (čúden) (Macedonian), ексце́нтричен (ekscéntričen) (Macedonian), нео́бичен (neóbičen) (Macedonian), excêntrico (Portuguese), чудаковатый (čudakovatyj) [masculine] (Russian), эксцентричный (ekscentričnyj) [masculine] (Russian), excentrisk (Swedish), knäpp (Swedish), tokig (Swedish)
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  4. Synonym of crank (“of a ship: liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast”) Synonyms: crank [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-cranky-en-adj--VaRxjCN
  5. (archaic) Full of spirit; spirited. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-cranky-en-adj-FJd-BUtX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 3 38 10 34 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 4 39 8 36 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 1 38 7 36 0
  6. (obsolete) Weak, unwell. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-cranky-en-adj-rOI8buNc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: crankily, crankiness

Inflected forms

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      "word": "разнебитен"
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      "sense": "grouchy, irritable; easily upset",
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      "sense": "grouchy, irritable; easily upset",
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      "sense": "grouchy, irritable; easily upset",
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      "sense": "grouchy, irritable; easily upset",
      "word": "chafouin"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "grouchy, irritable; easily upset",
      "word": "gereizt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "grouchy, irritable; easily upset",
      "word": "launisch"
    },
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      "sense": "grouchy, irritable; easily upset",
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      "sense": "grouchy, irritable; easily upset",
      "word": "cantalach"
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      "sense": "grouchy, irritable; easily upset",
      "word": "気難しい"
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      "sense": "grouchy, irritable; easily upset",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "grouchy, irritable; easily upset",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "ranzinza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "grouchy, irritable; easily upset",
      "word": "irritável"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "razdražitelʹnyj",
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      "word": "раздражительный"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "grouchy, irritable; easily upset",
      "word": "ćùdljiv"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "grouchy, irritable; easily upset",
      "word": "hiròvit"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "grouchy, irritable; easily upset",
      "word": "de mal genio"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "grouchy, irritable; easily upset",
      "word": "mañoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "grouchy, irritable; easily upset",
      "word": "tajang"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "grouchy, irritable; easily upset",
      "word": "piwis"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "grouchy, irritable; easily upset",
      "word": "pifis"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "grouchy, irritable; easily upset",
      "word": "croes"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "stranen",
      "sense": "eccentric, peculiar",
      "word": "странен"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ekscentričen",
      "sense": "eccentric, peculiar",
      "word": "ексцентричен"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "eccentric, peculiar",
      "word": "erikoinen"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "eccentric, peculiar",
      "word": "originelli"
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    {
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      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "eccentric, peculiar",
      "word": "outo"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "eccentric, peculiar",
      "word": "vinksahtanut"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "eccentric, peculiar",
      "word": "schrullig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "eccentric, peculiar",
      "word": "verschroben"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "eccentric, peculiar",
      "word": "spleenig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "eccentric, peculiar",
      "word": "eigenartig"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "eccentric, peculiar",
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    {
      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "čúden",
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      "word": "чу́ден"
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      "word": "ексце́нтричен"
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      "roman": "neóbičen",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "eccentric, peculiar",
      "word": "excêntrico"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čudakovatyj",
      "sense": "eccentric, peculiar",
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      "roman": "ekscentričnyj",
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      "word": "эксцентричный"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "eccentric, peculiar",
      "word": "excentrisk"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "eccentric, peculiar",
      "word": "knäpp"
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