crabby

English

Etymology

crab +‎ -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹæb.i/

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• Rhymes: -æbi

Adjective

crabby (comparative crabbier, superlative crabbiest)

1. Visibly irritated or annoyed; grouchy, irritable, in a foul mood; given to complaining or finding fault in an annoyed way.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     "You're not crabby, are you?" "No, no, not at all. I think I'll go."

2. crabbed; difficult, or perplexing.

Synonyms

• ratty

Derived terms

• crabbily
• crabbiness

Related terms

• crab
• crablike

Translations

irritated

• French: de mauvais poil (fr)
• Maori: ngutu komekome, komekome
• Portuguese: ranzinza (pt)
• Spanish: malgeniado (es)
• West Frisian: kribbich