English Dictionary

cranky

/ˈkɹæŋki/

adj

(of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition. / Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset. / Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.

She becomes cranky when she doesn't get enough sleep.

意味（1）

(of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition.

We had seven canoes, all of them dugouts. One was small, one was cranky, and two were old, waterlogged, and leaky. The other three were good.

意味（2）

Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset.

He got home from a long day at work tired and cranky.

意味（3）

Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.

Uncle Esau is as cranky as hell, and a peculiar old duck, but I think he'll like a fine upstanding young man as big as you be.

意味（4）

Synonym of crank (“of a ship: liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast”)

a cranky vessel

意味（5）

(archaic) Full of spirit; spirited.

意味（6）

(obsolete) Weak, unwell.