cranky
adjective/ˈkræŋki/
/ˈkræŋki/
(informal)- (British English) strange synonym eccentric
- cranky ideas/schemes
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- (especially North American English) easily annoyed
- The kids were getting tired and a little cranky.
Word Originlate 18th cent. (in the sense ‘sickly, in poor health’): perhaps from obsolete (counterfeit) crank ‘a rogue pretending to be sick’, from Dutch or German krank ‘sick’.
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