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What does cranky mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word cranky? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (obsolete) Weak, unwell.
  2. (of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition; shaky.
  3. Grouchy, irritable; easily upset.
  4. Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.
  5. (archaic) Full of spirit; spirited.
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Joan sighed, not really sure why she was so cranky today, and heaved their loaded shopping cart toward the refrigerated dairy section.
When the mood stone registers blue-green, for instance, your dog is relaxed and cuddly, but black means he's cranky.
If you camp out somewhere, knowing full well that it's against the law, you can't really get too cranky about it when someone comes to roust you.
Liitoja was definitely on the cranky side a few years ago when he came up with the title's fatalistic mouthful of words.
Selina was tired, she was cranky and she was becoming tired of her coach's belittlement.
En route to the recital she was cranky, giving me the cold slitty eye-beam treatment in the rear view mirror.

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