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单词 crabby
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crabby

`There are lots of words to describe you, Holly, but crabby wouldn't be one of them.Then Mum suddenly gets all crabby, so I decided to get out of there.
(adjective) 
Definition
bad-tempered
I'm extremely crabby when I'm hungry.
Synonyms
bad-tempered
a crusty, bad-tempered, ill-humoured character
acid
irritable
He had been waiting for an hour and was starting to feel irritable.
cross
Everyone was getting bored and cross.
awkward
sour
prickly
You know how prickly she can be.
snappy
He wasn't irritable or snappy.
surly
He behaves in a surly and rude manner towards me.
tetchy
You always get tetchy when you're hungry.
ratty (British, New Zealand, informal)
I was beginning to get a bit ratty and fed up.
testy
Ben gets testy when he is hungry.
grouchy (informal)
Grandfather is a grouchy old so-and-so.
unsociable
misanthropic
crotchety (informal)
a crotchety old man
mardy (dialect)
snappish
ill-humoured
nasty-tempered

Additional synonyms

in the sense of cross
Definition
angry
Everyone was getting bored and cross.
Synonyms
angry,
impatient,
irritable,
annoyed,
put out,
hacked (off) (informal),
pissed (taboo, slang),
crusty,
snappy,
grumpy,
vexed,
pissed off (taboo, slang),
sullen,
surly,
fractious,
petulant,
disagreeable,
short,
churlish,
peeved (informal),
ill-tempered,
irascible,
cantankerous,
tetchy,
ratty (British, New Zealand, informal),
tooshie (Australian, slang),
testy,
fretful,
waspish,
in a bad mood,
grouchy (informal),
querulous,
shirty (slang, British),
peevish,
splenetic,
crotchety (informal),
snappish,
ill-humoured,
liverish,
captious,
pettish,
out of humour,
hoha (New Zealand)
in the sense of crotchety
Definition
bad-tempered
a crotchety old man
Synonyms
bad-tempered,
difficult,
cross,
contrary,
awkward,
irritable,
crusty,
grumpy,
surly,
fractious,
disagreeable,
cantankerous,
tetchy,
ratty (British, New Zealand, informal),
testy,
peevish,
curmudgeonly,
obstreperous,
crabby,
liverish
in the sense of grouchy
Definition
bad-tempered
Grandfather is a grouchy old so-and-so.
Synonyms
bad-tempered,
cross,
irritable,
grumpy,
discontented,
grumbling,
surly,
petulant,
sulky,
ill-tempered,
irascible,
cantankerous,
tetchy,
ratty (British, New Zealand, informal),
testy,
querulous,
peevish,
huffy,
liverish

Nearby words of
crabby

  • cozen
  • crab
  • crabbed
  • crabby
  • crack
  • crack down on something or someone
  • crack up

Synonyms of 'crabby'

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