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crab·by
(krăb′ē)adj. crab·bi·er, crab·bi·est Informal
Grouchy; ill-tempered.
crab′bi·ly adv.
crab′bi·ness n.
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crabby
(ˈkræbɪ)adj, -bier or -biest
bad-tempered
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crab•by
(ˈkræb i)adj. -bi•er, -bi•est.
ill-tempered; peevish; grouchy.
[1540–50]
crab′bi•ly, adv.
crab′bi•ness, n.
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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.
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| Adj. | 1. |  crabby - annoyed and irritable ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition |
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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.
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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.
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Translations
سيء المزاج، شَديد التَّذَمُّـر والأنتقاد
mrzutýpodrážděnýstěžující si
malmostoso
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
crabby
[ˈkræbi] adj → grincheux/euseCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
crabby
adj (+er) person → griesgrämig, mürrisch
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
crabby
[ˈkræbɪ] crabbed [ˈkræbɪd] adj (fam) → acido/a, scontroso/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
crab2
(krab) – past tense past participle crabbed – verb (slang) to complain or criticize. He keeps on crabbing about the weather.
ˈcrabby adjective bad-tempered; complaining. a crabby old man.
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