adj
Meaning 1
Not in good working condition; defective, faulty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: shaky
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cranky
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adj
Meaning 2
Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He got home from a long day at work tired and cranky.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Synonym of crank (“of a ship: liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a cranky vessel
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crank
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Full of spirit; spirited.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 6
Weak, unwell.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
easily irritated or annoyed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an incorrigibly fractious young man
- not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: crank, tender, tippy
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From crank + -y. Compare Middle Low German krankich (“sickly, unwell”).
Across languages
Translations
54 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: разнебитен (raznebiten) — (of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition
- Portuguese: disfuncional — (of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition
- Bulgarian: опак (opak) — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Bulgarian: капризен (kaprizen) — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Danish: gnaven — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Dutch: opvliegend — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Dutch: driftig — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Finnish: äreä — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Finnish: ärtyisä — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- French: grincheux — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- French: chafouin — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- German: gereizt — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- German: launisch — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Ingrian: tulekas — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Irish: cantalach — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Japanese: 気難しい (kimuzukashii) — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Macedonian: ра́здразлив (rázdrazliv) — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Macedonian: на́мрштен (námršten) — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Macedonian: на́муртен (námurten) — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Portuguese: ranzinza — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Portuguese: irritável — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Russian: раздражительный (razdražitelʹnyj) — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Serbo-Croatian: ćùdljiv — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Serbo-Croatian: hiròvit — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Spanish: de mal genio — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Spanish: mañoso — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Spanish: moshudo — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Spanish: malhumorado — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Spanish: gruñón — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Spanish: de mal humor — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Uzbek: tajang — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Welsh: piwis — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Welsh: pifis — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Welsh: croes — grouchy, irritable; easily upset
- Bulgarian: странен (stranen) — eccentric, peculiar
- Bulgarian: ексцентричен (ekscentričen) — eccentric, peculiar
- Finnish: erikoinen — eccentric, peculiar
- Finnish: originelli — eccentric, peculiar
- Finnish: outo — eccentric, peculiar
- Finnish: vinksahtanut — eccentric, peculiar
- German: schrullig — eccentric, peculiar
- German: verschroben — eccentric, peculiar
- German: spleenig — eccentric, peculiar
- German: eigenartig — eccentric, peculiar
- German: exzentrisch — eccentric, peculiar
- Macedonian: чу́ден (čúden) — eccentric, peculiar
- Macedonian: ексце́нтричен (ekscéntričen) — eccentric, peculiar
- Macedonian: нео́бичен (neóbičen) — eccentric, peculiar
- Portuguese: excêntrico — eccentric, peculiar
- Russian: чудаковатый (čudakovatyj) — eccentric, peculiar
- Russian: эксцентричный (ekscentričnyj) — eccentric, peculiar
- Swedish: excentrisk — eccentric, peculiar
- Swedish: knäpp — eccentric, peculiar
- Swedish: tokig — eccentric, peculiar