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In natural English speech, "cranky" appears in contexts such as: "So probably, he left a few years ago. A cranky grandmother. She's 88, and she's really bad at appreciating all of the things that she's done in her life, and where she is now, and the family she has around her.". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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So probably, he left a few years ago.

A cranky grandmother. She's 88, and she's really bad at appreciating all of the things that she's done in her life, and where she is now, and the family she has around her.

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adjective

Not in good working condition; defective, faulty.

“We had seven canoes, all of them dugouts. One was small, one was cranky, and two were old, waterlogged, and leaky. The other three were good.”

Synonyms:shaky

adjective

Grouchy, grumpy, irritable; easily upset.

“He got home from a long day at work tired and cranky.”

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