cranky

When he showed up for our date, he was in a cranky mood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026

It’s possible Trump was just tired and cranky.

From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026

“You can certainly see the market get cranky about that.”

From MarketWatch ● May 20, 2026

"If you get cranky with family, just know it's because you're tired," she told them at one point.

From BBC ● May 6, 2026

“Make sure Brightbill gets plenty of rest. A tired gosling is a cranky gosling!”

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown

The return of live performances in 2021 after 18 months of shuttered halls and scattered orchestras was enough to disabuse any critic of their crankier faculties.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2021

"You get older, you get crankier, and comfort becomes more important. I think it's as simple as that," Pitt told Esquire in an interview published Thursday.

From Fox News ● Sep. 3, 2021

Neil Young is crankier than a hermit being stung by bees.

From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2019

He was even crankier than usual, prone to disappearing for hours on end and not returning calls.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 4, 2015

Ma was crankier and Buddy seemed to cry more.

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm

Scott wrote in 2002 that it “completes Mr. Godard’s journey from one of the cinema’s great radicals to one of its crankiest reactionaries.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2022

There’s Ba humbugi, a Fiji snail referencing one of literature’s crankiest men.

From Science Magazine ● May 10, 2022

He’s hosting a dinner for the rest of the Freys, an uncharacteristically spontaneous celebration from one of Game of Thrones’ crankiest old bastards.

From The Verge ● Jul. 17, 2017

Part of this animosity stems from McCain’s status as the crankiest of the Senate’s many cranky old men.

From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2015

"Probably the crankiest, too," said Jeremy, as Mary Lou reached her hand toward the cage.

From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville