adjective
- comparative form of cranky; more irritable, grumpy, or bad-tempered
Usage: comparative form
Examples
- She gets crankier when she hasn’t had enough sleep.
- The baby was even crankier after missing his nap.
- Dad becomes crankier during tax season.
- The old car gets crankier in cold weather.
- He’s much crankier in the morning than at night.
- The machine seems crankier since the last repair.