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Crabby definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CRABBY, a. Difficult.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: annoyed and irritable [syn: crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill- tempered]

Merriam Webster's

adjective (crabbier; -est) Etymology: ⁴crab Date: 1599 cross, ill-natured <a crabby recluse>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (crabbier, crabbiest) = CRABBED 1, 3. Derivatives: crabbily adv. crabbiness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Crabby Crab"by (-b[y^]), a. Crabbed; difficult, or perplexing. ``Persius is crabby, because ancient.'' --Marston.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Someone who is crabby is bad-tempered and unpleasant to people. (INFORMAL) ADJ

Moby Thesaurus

beefing, bellyaching, bitching, complaining, complaintful, crabbed, crabbing, cranky, croaking, disappointed, discontented, disgruntled, displeased, dissatisfied, dour, envious, faultfinding, gloomy, glum, griping, grouchy, grousing, growling, gruff, grumbling, grumbly, grumpish, grumpy, malcontent, malcontented, mumpish, murmuring, muttering, out of humor, peevish, petulant, querulant, querulous, rebellious, resentful, restive, restless, sulky, surly, unaccepting, unaccommodating, uneasy, unfulfilled, ungratified, unhappy, unsatisfied, whiny