Having cranks or turns; checkered.

Full of cranks; full of whims and crotchets; having the characteristics of a crank.

Sickly; ailing.

Merry; cheerful: same as crank.

Nautical, liable to be overset: same as crank, 1.

In a shaky or loose condition; rickety.

noun. A pitman.

adjective. Full of spirit; crank.

adjective. Addicted to crotchets and whims; unreasonable in opinions; crotchety.

adjective. Unsteady; easy to upset; crank.

adjective. Weak, unwell.

adjective. Not in good working condition; shaky.

adjective. Grouchy, irritable; easily upset.

adjective. Not in perfect mental working order; eccentric, peculiar.

adjective. Full of spirit; spirited.

adjective. easily irritated or annoyed

adjective. (used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

"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."

ill-natured  unstable  

Francie  Yankee  hankey  hanky  lanky  

absent-minded  creepy  despondent  egotistical  glum  

abnormal  anomalous  antagonistic  antipathetic  arbitrary  

crankier  crankiest