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crankiest

a. (en-superlativecranky)

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crankiest

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cranky
  1. adj. (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail [syn: crank, tender, tippy]

  2. easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" [syn: fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy, tetchy, techy]

  3. [also: crankiest, crankier]

Usage examples of "crankiest".

The black man said sure, go ahead, but dinner would be served at seven, and to be back by then if Monk wanted any dinner, because the cook was the crankiest one yet born.

He was her senior by four years, and at the moment he looked so much like their father at his crankiest that she wanted to laugh.