English Dictionary

cranky

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkɹæŋki/

形容詞

機械 通常 古語 廃用

(of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition. / Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset. / Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.

日本語の意味

（機械などが）正常に作動していない、不調な状態 / 不機嫌で、怒りっぽく、イライラしやすい / 精神的にやや不安定で、風変わり・偏屈な様子

Our cranky old heater struggled to warm the house on the coldest night of the year.

私たちの故障気味の古いヒーターは、年で最も寒い夜に家を暖めるのに苦労しました。

意味（1）

(of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition.

We had seven canoes, all of them dugouts. One was small, one was cranky, and two were old, waterlogged, and leaky. The other three were good.

意味（2）

Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset.

He got home from a long day at work tired and cranky.

意味（3）

Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.

Uncle Esau is as cranky as hell, and a peculiar old duck, but I think he'll like a fine upstanding young man as big as you be.

意味（4）

Synonym of crank (“of a ship: liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast”)

a cranky vessel

意味（5）

(archaic) Full of spirit; spirited.

意味（6）

(obsolete) Weak, unwell.

crankier （ comparative ）

crankiest （ superlative ）