crabby

Meaning of crabby

adjective
  1. irritable.
    a rather crabby old man
    he was crabby at having his siesta interrupted

Information about crabby

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of crabby

crabby

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • crabby is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

crabby synonyms

Meaning crabbed:

crabbed, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy

Meaning having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed:

irritable

Meaning (typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome:

fractious

Meaning feeling or expressing distress or irritation:

fretful

Meaning (of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered:

petulant

Meaning (of a person or their behaviour) childishly bad-tempered and petulant:

pettish

Meaning irritable:

crotchety

Meaning bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative:

cantankerous

Meaning (especially of an old person) bad-tempered and negative:

curmudgeonly

Meaning unpleasant or unenjoyable:

disagreeable

Meaning (of a person) habitually morose:

miserable

Meaning sullen and ill-tempered:

morose

Meaning (of a person) irritable and sharp-tongued:

peppery

Meaning tense, nervous, or irritable:

edgy

Meaning having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or provoked:

impatient

Meaning expressing dissatisfaction or annoyance about something:

complaining

Meaning complaining in a rather petulant or whining manner:

querulous

Meaning having a sharp, pungent taste or smell; not sweet:

bitter

Meaning (of a person) given to unpredictable changes of mood, especially sudden bouts of gloominess or sullenness:

moody

Meaning annoyed or irritated and quick to take offence at petty things:

huffy

Meaning (especially of a fabric or garment) having a rough, uncomfortable texture and tending to cause itching or discomfort:

scratchy

Meaning having or showing an irritable disposition:

peevish

Meaning bad-tempered and sulky:

sullen

Meaning bad-tempered and unfriendly:

surly

Meaning morose, bad-tempered, and resentful; refusing to be cooperative or cheerful:

sulky

Meaning feeling or expressing resentment, disappointment, or anger:

sour

Meaning rude in a mean-spirited and surly way:

churlish

Meaning easily upset or offended; oversensitive:

touchy

Meaning easily irritated; impatient and somewhat bad-tempered:

testy

Meaning irritable and bad-tempered:

tetchy

Meaning (of a dog) irritable and inclined to bite:

snappish

Meaning readily expressing anger or irritation:

waspish

Meaning (of a person) ready to take offence:

prickly

Meaning (especially of an old person) easily irritated:

crusty

Meaning spiteful; bad-tempered:

bilious

Meaning slightly ill, as though having a disordered liver:

liverish

Meaning having indigestion or a consequent air of irritable bad temper:

dyspeptic

Meaning bad-tempered; spiteful:

splenetic

Meaning bad-tempered or irritable:

choleric, narky

Meaning irritable and inclined to speak sharply; snappish:

snappy

Meaning (of a person) touchy and defensive, especially on account of having a grievance or a sense of inferiority:

chippy

Meaning bad-tempered; irritable:

cranky

Meaning resembling or characteristic of a rat:

ratty

Meaning rich in or covered with egg:

eggy

Meaning complain persistently and in a peevish or irritating way:

whingeing

Meaning a person who is in a bad temper or easily irritated:

sorehead

Meaning hungry:

peckish

Meaning like a snake in appearance; long and sinuous:

snaky

Meaning easily annoyed or irritated:

miffy

crabby antonyms

Meaning very pleasant or attractive:

charming

Translation of crabby

Words that rhyme with crabby

Abby, abby, Babby, babby, cabby, scabby, dabby, Gabby, gabby, shabby, unshabby, whabby, blabby, flabby, labby, slabby, Nabby, nabby, snabby, drabby, grabby, sabby, Tabby, tabby, squabby, swabby, wabby, yabby

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