cranky

[ UK /kɹˈæŋki/ ]
[ US /ˈkɹæŋki/ ]

ADJECTIVE

easily irritated or annoyed
not the least nettlesome of his countrymen
an incorrigibly fractious young man
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

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How To Use cranky In A Sentence

In life he was regarded as an awkward customer, a cranky, eccentric figure with a talent for rubbing people up the wrong way.
There's nothing that says exhausted, cranky and nauseous like vixen, is there? When Bad Things Happen to Bad Writers
When I got back from Florida last night and I was cranky and tired and hungry for something sweet, I defrosted the shortbread dough that I froze a few weeks back.
En route to the recital she was cranky, giving me the cold slitty eye-beam treatment in the rear view mirror.
When you feel bloated, cranky, pimply and crampy on a monthly basis, it's tough to be all that grateful.
His avatar is of the old, cranky black guy who continually gripes about his fellow "darkies" and "negras" acting all like animals and stuff. Obama On The Britney Ad: They're Painting Me As "Risky"
I was a little "disorientated" after the day of travelling (cranky after the day of travelling) so Bryan took over the role of guide. TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com
But if the only way to do it is via a cranky and crabbed dismissal of science, count me out.
It gives me the right to explain that my periodic short tempered, cranky moments are a biproduct of the disease.
Only Gitalis remained, faithful, cranky, dissatisfied genius that he was. PAINT THE WIND