Usually means: Irritable, easily annoyed or upset.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word cranky:

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  1. cranky: Merriam-Webster
  2. cranky: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cranky, cranky: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cranky: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cranky: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cranky, cranky: Wordnik
  7. cranky: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. cranky: Wiktionary
  9. cranky: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. cranky: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. cranky: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Cranky, cranky: Dictionary.com
  13. cranky: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Cranky: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Cranky: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. cranky: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. cranky: Rhymezone
  18. Cranky: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. cranky: FreeDictionary.org
  20. cranky: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. Cranky: The Word Detective
  22. cranky: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. cranky: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  24. cranky: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. cranky: Legal dictionary

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  1. cranky: Encyclopedia

(Note: See crankier as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  (of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition.
adjective:  Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset.
adjective:  Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.
adjective:  Synonym of crank (“of a ship: liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast”)
adjective:  (archaic) Full of spirit; spirited.
adjective:  (obsolete) Weak, unwell.

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