Cranky

['kræŋkɪ] or ['kræŋki]

(adj.) easily irritated or annoyed; 'an incorrigibly fractious young man'; 'not the least nettlesome of his countrymen' .

Checked by Alyson--From WordNet

(a.) Full of spirit; crank.

(a.) Addicted to crotchets and whims; unreasonable in opinions; crotchety.

(a.) Unsteady; easy to upset; crank.

Typist: Maura

SYN:Crotchety, queer,[See CRACKED]

Edited by Clifford

Yo' see, Boucher's been pulled down wi' his childer,--and her being so cranky, and a' they could pawn has gone this last twelvemonth. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
She's just old and cranky. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
I'll stay with you till I am a cross cranky old woman. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.

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