āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
cranky
01
āĻāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§, āĻ°āĻžāĻā§
feeling easily irritated or bad-tempered
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
After a long day at work, he felt too cranky to enjoy a quiet evening.
āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŦ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻ¤, āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ°
unusual in behavior or appearance
Dialect
British
British
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Her cranky sense of humor, filled with witty remarks and offbeat observations, always kept her friends entertained.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ
āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻšāĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¯āĻ°āĻ¸ āĻŦā§āĻ§, āĻ¯āĻž āĻŽāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŦā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ
āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻŖā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ, āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ¨ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĨ¤
03
āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ°, āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻā§
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail
04
āĻāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§, āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ
not functioning properly or in poor condition
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The old car 's engine is so cranky, it stalls every few miles.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻ˛ āĻĒāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻ˛ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
