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What is the adjective for cranker?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb crank which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

cranky
  1. (obsolete) Weak, unwell.
  2. (of a machine, etc.) Not in good working condition; shaky.
  3. Grouchy, irritable; easily upset.
  4. Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.
  5. (archaic) Full of spirit; spirited.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. grumpy, irritable, testy, irascible, cross, peevish, crabby, grouchy, ratty, petulant, touchy, snappish, snappy, choleric, prickly, cantankerous, crotchety, tetchy, waspish, pettish, crabbed, fractious, fiery, splenetic, chippy, narky, crusty, disagreeable, soreheaded, peppery, perverse, eggy, liverish, dyspeptic, querulous, peckish, miffy, curmudgeonly, bilious, snaky, snippy, snarky, ornery, stuffy, snippety, shirty, raspy, stroppy, scratchy, shrewish … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “Most of the time, she was cranky and grumpy, experiencing this nonstop craving and hunger for ice cream.”
      “Pike soon became a martyr to Lawrence's cranky ideas about typography, a legacy of his passionate admiration for William Morris.”
      “It seems one crazy, cranky dollmaker has found the technology to shrink people down to the size of mere dolls.”
crank
  1. (slang) strange, weird, odd
  2. sick; unwell; infirm
  3. (nautical, of a ship) Liable to capsize because of poorly stowed cargo or insufficient ballast.
  4. Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
  5. Synonyms:
      6. jubilant, exultant, rejoicing, triumphant, proud, exulting, crowing, glorying, prideful, exuberant, vivacious, buoyant, effervescent, bubbly, bouncy, gay, frolicsome, frolic, gamesome, cock-a-hoop, high-spirited, joyous, gleeful, elated, happy, joyful, delighted, gloating, euphoric, ecstatic, overjoyed, thrilled, enraptured, transported, excited, stoked, swaggering, boastful, triumphal, flying, flipping, triumphalist, on cloud nine, over the moon, walking on air, in seventh heaven, in raptures, jumping for joy, on a high, blissed out … more
  6. Examples:
      7. “If you strong electioners did not think you were among the elect, you would not be so crank about it.”
crankish
  1. (informal) cranky; grumpy; bad-tempered
  2. (informal) pseudoscientific
cranksome
  1. Characterised by cranking or crankiness; cranky
cranked
  1. Formed with, or having, a bend or crank.
cranker
  1. comparative form of crank: more crank
  2. Synonyms:
      3. prouder, bubblier, bouncier, gayer, more jubilant, more triumphant, more exulting, more prideful, more exuberant, more vivacious, more buoyant, more effervescent, more frolicsome, more frolic, more gamesome, more cock-a-hoop, more high-spirited, more joyous, more gleeful, more elated, happier, joyfuller, more delighted, more euphoric, more ecstatic, more overjoyed, more thrilled, more enraptured, more excited, more stoked, more swaggering, more boastful, more triumphal, more triumphalist, more wigged out, gladder, more pleased, more wrapped, more celebratory, more glorious, luckier, more cheerful, mirthfuller, more rapturous, merrier, more rapt, more delirious, more animated, higher, more frenzied … more
crankier
  1. comparative form of cranky: more cranky
  2. Synonyms:
      3. grumpier, testier, crosser, crabbier, grouchier, rattier, touchier, snappier, pricklier, crotchetier, tetchier, chippier, narkier, crustier, pepperier, perverser, eggier, curmudgeonlier, snakier, snippier, snarkier, ornerier, stuffier, shirtier, raspier, stroppier, scratchier, meaner, fussier, uglier, worse-tempered, more irritable, more irascible, more peevish, more petulant, more snappish, more choleric, more cantankerous, more waspish, more pettish, more crabbed, more fractious, more fiery, more splenetic, more disagreeable, more soreheaded, more liverish, more dyspeptic, more querulous, more peckish … more
crankiest
  1. superlative form of cranky: most cranky
  2. Synonyms:
      3. grumpiest, testiest, crossest, crabbiest, grouchiest, rattiest, touchiest, snappiest, prickliest, crotchetiest, tetchiest, chippiest, narkiest, crustiest, pepperiest, perversest, eggiest, curmudgeonliest, snakiest, snippiest, snarkiest, orneriest, stuffiest, shirtiest, raspiest, stroppiest, scratchiest, meanest, fussiest, ugliest, worst-tempered, most irritable, most irascible, most peevish, most petulant, most snappish, most choleric, most cantankerous, most waspish, most pettish, most crabbed, most fractious, most fiery, most splenetic, most disagreeable, most soreheaded, most liverish, most dyspeptic, most querulous, most peckish … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Even the crankiest concert-goer realizes that promoters and police have their hands full at these events, dealing with thousands of really drunk people.”
      “He was the oddest, shabbiest, crankiest old fellow, and so inquisitive!”
crankest
  1. superlative form of crank: most crank
  2. Synonyms:
      3. proudest, bubbliest, bounciest, gayest, most jubilant, most triumphant, most exulting, most prideful, most exuberant, most vivacious, most buoyant, most effervescent, most frolicsome, most frolic, most gamesome, most cock-a-hoop, most high-spirited, most joyous, most gleeful, most elated, happiest, joyfullest, most delighted, most euphoric, most ecstatic, most overjoyed, most thrilled, most enraptured, most excited, most stoked, most swaggering, most boastful, most triumphal, most triumphalist, most wigged out, gladdest, most pleased, most wrapped, most celebratory, most glorious, luckiest, most cheerful, mirthfullest, most rapturous, merriest, most rapt, most delirious, most animated, highest, most frenzied … more
cranking
  1. present participle of crank
  2. Synonyms:
      3. starting, activating, actuating, mobilising, mobilizing, triggering, driving, propelling, sparking, tripping, getting going, kick-starting, starting up, switching on, turning on, starting off, putting in motion, setting in motion, setting off, touching off, triggering off, cranking up, setting going, calling up, making active, operating, initiating, running, moving, energizing, stimulating, prompting, initializing, animating, galvanizing, motivating, rousing, impelling, arousing, stirring, prodding, enabling, initialising, galvanising, energising, taking out of mothballs, working, engaging, controlling, using … more
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