cranky

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Rhymes with -æŋki

From crank + -y. Compare Middle Low German krankich (“sickly, unwell”).

usually Not in good working condition; defective, faulty. 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.
Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset. He got home from a long day at work tired and cranky.
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.
Synonym of crank (“of a ship: liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast”). a cranky vessel
archaic Full of spirit; spirited.
obsolete Weak, unwell.