crankish

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English

Etymology

From crank +‎ -ish.

Adjective

crankish (comparative more crankish, superlative most crankish)

  1. (informal) cranky; grumpy; bad-tempered
  2. (informal) pseudoscientific
    a crankish society of supposed UFO abductees