Synonyms for Crabby | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "crabby" (79 found)

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Closest matches (16)

Adjective(6 words)

grumpy bad-tempered crabbed crabbiest cranky cross

beefing bellyaching bitching cantankerous complaining complaintful crabbed crabbing cranky croaking

Strong matches (24)

Related words (39)

Adjective(3 words)

irritable parky testy

malcontent malcontented moody mumpish murmuring mutteringout of humorpeevish perverse petulant querulant querulous rebellious resentful restive restless short-tempered snappish sour stern

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sulky sullen surly temperamental touchy ugly unaccepting unaccommodating uneasy unfulfilled ungoverned ungratified unhappy unsatisfied whiny

Adjective(1 words)

ratty

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3 relation types

More general

2 entries

emotional statepersonality trait

More specific

3 entries

grumpy short-tempered surly

similar

1 entries

ill-natured

Sample sentences

5 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I'm feeling crabby.

Source: tatoeba (6576671)

Tom has been really crabby today.

Source: tatoeba (11966269)

You're being one crabby cracker this morning. Did you get enough sleep?

Source: tatoeba (12699748)

As for animal life, this is the "Crabbiest Place in the World," where 20 land and intertidal crabs range from tiny beach dwellers to the chunky robber crabs that crack coconuts with their massive claws.

Source: wiktionary

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Crabby