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crabby

 

Definitions from WordNet

Adjective crabby has 1 sense
  1. crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered - perversely irritable
    Antonym: good-natured (indirect, via ill-natured)

Definitions from the Web

Crabby

Part of Speech: adjective

Definition (senses and usages):

  1. bad-tempered or irritable
  2. showing ill humor or a grumpy disposition
  3. (informal) characteristic of or resembling a crab

Sample Sentences:

  • 1. After a long day at work, Tim was feeling crabby and snapped at his coworkers.
  • 2. The old man sitting on the porch scowled at passersby, always looking crabby.
  • 3. The crabby teacher gave detentions for the smallest mistakes.
  • 4. The crabby old lady yelled at the children playing in front of her house.
  • 5. The crabby dog barked at anyone who approached its bone.

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