1. (

• crank ,
• cranky ,
• tender ,
• tippy

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

2. (

• cranky ,
• fractious ,
• irritable ,
• nettlesome ,
• peevish ,
• peckish ,
• pettish ,
• petulant ,
• scratchy ,
• testy ,
• tetchy ,
• techy

) easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen" ;