crabby

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

crabbily crab'bi·ly adv.
crabbiness crab'bi·ness n.

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adjective

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. Idioms: out of sorts. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.

adj

Definition: in a bad mood
Antonyms: happy

For a list of words related to crabby, see:

• Cold, Unfriendly, Irritable, or Cruel

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See words rhyming with "crabby."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - gnaven, sur

Nederlands (Dutch)
chagrijnig, opvliegend

Français (French)
adj. - maussade, grincheux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - griesgrämig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - δύστροπος, τζαναμπέτικος

Italiano (Italian)
irritabile

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - mal humorado

Русский (Russian)
вечно брюзжащий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - malhumorado, gruñón, hosco

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - knarrig, retlig, butter, led

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
执拗的, 暴躁的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 執拗的, 暴躁的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 게 같은, 게가 많은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - カニのような, カニの多い, つむじまがりの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) عكر المزاج, نكد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מר-נפש, רגזן‬

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