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

2. easily irritated or annoyed;

   "an incorrigibly fractious young man"
   "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"
   

1.(想法或行为方式)古怪的，怪异的
If you describe ideas or ways of behaving ascranky, you disapprove of them because you think they are strange.

e.g. Vegetarianism has shed itscranky image...
素食主义者已经摆脱了其古怪的形象。
e.g. The Front has often been dismissed as acranky fringe group.
艺术家联盟常被认为是一个古怪的边缘组织。

2.脾气坏的
cranky means bad-tempered.

e.g. It was a long trek, and Jack and I both started to getcranky after about ten minutes.
那是一次长途跋涉，我和杰克走了约10分钟便开始烦躁不安起来。

1. cranky的近义词

1. 暴躁：content 满足 |cranky 暴躁 | crappy 讨厌

2. 任性的：crankshaft 机轴 |cranky 任性的 | crannied 裂缝的

3. 小方块亚麻布：cranky checks 蓝白方格布 |cranky 小方块亚麻布 | cranston 克兰斯顿彩色条格呢

4. 动摇不定的：crankwebdeflection 臂距差 |cranky 动摇不定的 | cranse 箍圈