Definition of "cranky" []

• Having a bad disposition; peevish. (adjective)
• Having eccentric ways; odd. (adjective)
• Full of bends and turns; crooked: a cranky mountain road. (adjective)
• Working unpredictably; erratic: a cranky old truck. (adjective)
• Rickety; loose. (adjective)

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• "Half the reason we are so goddamn cranky is that we are constantly seeing profoundly talented people passed up for books that are "more commercial" (read: "OMG the hot new dude at school IS ACTUALLY A SUPERNATURAL ENTITY WHO WANTS TO DO IT WITH ME!!!!"); it makes us sad, but the industry right now is not a pretty picture, dear ones."
• "Most of her life, she lived in cranky desperation."
• "Luna Lovegood, also, is too ready to believe in cranky theories."