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   crabby

   /ˈkrabi/

   adjective

   • 1. irritable: "a rather crabby old man"

   Derivatives

   • 1. crabbily adverb
   • 2. crabbiness noun

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   What does Crabby mean?

   • Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! Can you solve 4 words at once? Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of CRABBY is easily irritated : peevish and irritable : grouchy. How to use crabby in a sentence.

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   What is a synonym for 'crabby'?

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   What is the origin of the word 'crabby'?

   • The words 'crabbed' and 'crabby' 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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   What makes a person Crabby?

   • Loud talking and laughing during a movie might make you crabby. Some unpleasant, bad-tempered people seem to be crabby all the time, while others just become crabby when they're stuck in rush hour traffic. You might decide that the sound of kids yelling and laughing makes you too crabby to be a good elementary school teacher.

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   How do you know if a person is crabby?

   • If you're in a really bad or irritable mood, you can say you're crabby. Loud talking and laughing during a movie might make you crabby. Some unpleasant, bad-tempered people seem to be crabby all the time, while others just become crabby when they're stuck in rush hour traffic.

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   What does Crabb mean?

   • Crabb means: [1] To let slip [LET (1), v., f 19.] [2] To slip a cable: [CABLE, s., H 11.] [3] To flip collar: [COLLAR, s., III. 2.] [4] To slip off: To take off quietly, noise-lessly, or hastily : as. To slip off one's clothes.

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   Crabby is an informal adjective that means easily annoyed and complaining. Learn how to use it in sentences, see synonyms and translations, and find out the difference between crabby and crabbed.

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     CRABBY meaning: 1. easily annoyed and complaining: 2. easily...

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   If you're in a really bad or irritable mood, you can say you're crabby. Loud talking and laughing during a movie might make you crabby . Some unpleasant, bad-tempered people seem to be crabby all the time, while others just become crabby when they're stuck in rush hour traffic.

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   Learn the informal adjective crabby, which means easily irritated or peevish. See synonyms, example sentences, word history, and related entries for crabby.

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   Crabby is an informal adjective that means grouchy, ill-natured, irritable, or peevish. Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of crabby with example sentences from various sources.

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   Crabby means bad-tempered, irritable, or grouchy. It comes from the crab's sideways movement and habit of snapping. Find more definitions, translations, and related words for crabby.

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