crabby

crab·by

C0716200 (krăb′ē)adj. crab·bi·er, crab·bi·est Informal Grouchy; ill-tempered.

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crab′bi·ly adv.crab′bi·ness n.

crabby

(ˈkræbɪ) adj, -bier or -biestbad-tempered

crab•by

(ˈkræb i)

adj. -bi•er, -bi•est. ill-tempered; peevish; grouchy. [1540–50] crab′bi•ly, adv. crab′bi•ness, n.

crabby

, crabbed - Crabby and crabbed derive from a crab's sideways movement and habit of snapping (thought to suggest a perverse or irritable nature).See also related terms for perverse.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

crabby - annoyed and irritable fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, crabbed, crossill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

crabby

adjective bad-tempered, acid, irritable, cross, awkward, sour, prickly, snappy, surly, tetchy, ratty (Brit. & N.Z. informal), testy, grouchy (informal), unsociable, misanthropic, crotchety (informal), snappish, ill-humoured, nasty-tempered Our grandmother was a crabby, bossy old woman.

crabby

adjectiveInformal. Having or showing a bad temper:bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, cross, disagreeable, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, nasty, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappish, snappy, surly, testy, ugly, waspish.Informal: mean.Idiom: out of sorts.

Translations

暴躁的脾气乖戾的人

crab²

(krab) – past tense past participle crabbed – verb (slang) to complain or criticize. He keeps on crabbing about the weather. 發牢騷，抱怨 发牢骚，抱怨 ˈcrabby adjective bad-tempered; complaining. a crabby old man. 脾氣壞的，愛抱怨的 暴躁的，脾气乖戾的人