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View usage for: (kræbi) Word forms: comparative crabbier, superlative crabbiestadjectiveSomeone who is crabby is bad-tempered and unpleasant to people. [informal]Synonyms: bad-tempered, acid, irritable, cross More Synonyms of crabby crabby in British English (ˈkræbɪ) adjectiveWord forms: -bier or -biestbad-tempered crabby in American English (ˈkræbi) adjectiveWord forms: ˈcrabbier or ˈcrabbiest cross and complaining; peevish; ill-tempered Derived forms crabbily (ˈcrabbily) adverb crabbiness (ˈcrabbiness) noun Examples of 'crabby' in a sentencecrabby `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. Definition bad-tempered I'm extremely crabby when I'm hungry. Synonyms acid awkward sour unsociable misanthropic mardy (dialect) snappish ill-humoured nasty-tempered Additional synonymsDefinition 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) 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, liverishDefinition 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- cozen
- crab
- crabbed
- crabby
- crack
- crack down on something or someone
- crack up
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