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EnglishMerriam-Webster Dictionarysis Crawford
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- crabbiness noun //… the waiters have shed Stalinist crabbiness in favor of Parisian-style contempt for the customer. — Kati Marton
Examples
- //She gets crabby if she doesn't get enough sleep.
- //a crabby old dog who snapped at passersby
First Known Use
1599, in the meaning defined aboveHistory and Etymology
crab entry 4crabby
adjective
Synonyms & Antonyms
- easily irritated or annoyed //a crabby old dog who snapped at passersbySynonymsRelated Wordsbearish bilious cantankerous cross-grained curmudgeonly disagreeable dyspeptic ill-humored ill-natured ill-tempered off-color (or off-colored) ornery querulous snarly surlySynonymous PhrasesNear Antonymsaffable companionable cordial extroverted (also extraverted) friendly genial gregarious outgoing sociableOther Words
- crabbiness noun //… the waiters have shed Stalinist crabbiness in favor of Parisian-style contempt for the customer. — Kati Marton
Examples- //She gets crabby if she doesn't get enough sleep.
- //a crabby old dog who snapped at passersby
First Known Use1599, in the meaning defined aboveHistory and Etymologycrab entry 4crabbyadjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms
- easily irritated or annoyed //a crabby old dog who snapped at passersbySynonymsRelated Wordsbearish bilious cantankerous cross-grained curmudgeonly disagreeable dyspeptic ill-humored ill-natured ill-tempered off-color (or off-colored) ornery querulous snarly surlySynonymous PhrasesNear Antonyms