Hypertext Webster Gateway: "cranky"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Cranky \Crank"y\ (-?), a.
1. Full of spirit; crank.
2. Addicted to crotchets and whims; unreasonable in opinions;
crotchety. [Colloq.]
3. Unsteady; easy to upset; crank.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
cranky
adj 1: (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
[syn: {crank}, {tender}, {tippy}]
2: easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious
young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
[syn: {fractious}, {irritable}, {nettlesome}, {peevish}, {peckish},
{pettish}, {petulant}, {testy}, {tetchy}, {techy}]
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