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adj. Having a bad disposition; peevish.

adj. Having eccentric ways; odd.

adj. Full of bends and turns; crooked: a cranky mountain road.

adj. Working unpredictably; erratic: a cranky old truck.

adj. Rickety; loose.

adj. Nautical Liable to capsize.

adj. Weak, unwell.

adj. Not in good working condition; shaky.

adj. Grouchy, irritable; easily upset.

adj. Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.

adj. Full of spirit; spirited.

adj. Full of spirit; crank.

adj. Addicted to crotchets and whims; unreasonable in opinions; crotchety.

adj. Unsteady; easy to upset; crank.

Having cranks or turns; checkered.

Full of cranks; full of whims and crotchets; having the characteristics of a crank.

Sickly; ailing.

Nautical, liable to be overset: same as crank, 1.

In a shaky or loose condition; rickety.

Merry; cheerful: same as crank.

n. A pitman.

adj. easily irritated or annoyed

adj. (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

"Half the reason we are so goddamn cranky is that we are constantly seeing profoundly talented people passed up for books that are "more commercial" (read: "OMG the hot new dude at school IS ACTUALLY A SUPERNATURAL ENTITY WHO WANTS TO DO IT WITH ME!!!!"); it makes us sad, but the industry right now is not a pretty picture, dear ones."

ill-natured    unstable   

crankier    crankiest   

crank    crotchety    unsteady    irascible    odd    rickety    winding    zigzag   

Francie    Yankee    hankey    hanky    lanky   

morose    irritable    testy    touchy    creepy    despondent    surly    spooky    irate    secretive