crabbed
1
8.6
- adjective
- /ˈkræbɪd/
- Archaic
- The crabbed old man yelled at the children.
Examples
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She became quite crabbed whenever she was interrupted during her work.
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She spoke in such a crabbed tone that nobody wanted to engage in conversation.
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He answered in a crabbed tone that made everyone uncomfortable.
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My crabbed neighbor yelled at the kids for playing too loudly in the street.
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She has a crabbed expression on her face.
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His crabbed demeanor made it hard for anyone to approach him.
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After a long day at work, his crabbed attitude caused tension among his friends.
Synonyms
108
4.2
Easily annoyed and upset when tired or hungry
80
1.7
Easily annoyed and in a bad mood
28
2.2
Feeling slightly angry or annoyed
28
3.9
Easily annoyed and hard to please about small things
25
5.4
Feeling easily annoyed and in a bad mood
22
9.6
Quick to become annoyed and show a bad mood
22
8.5
Being bad-tempered and stubborn, often hard to deal with
20
3.9
Easily annoyed and often in a bad mood
20
7.3
Being often rude and easily annoyed
6
8.8
Often in a bad mood and easily annoyed by small things
5
3.5
Quick to get angry or annoyed
4
5.7
Easily annoyed and quick to get angry
1
9.1
Being easily annoyed and quick to feel offended
1
9.9
Feeling unhappy and bad-tempered
1
8.3
Becoming easily annoyed and acting in a bad-tempered way
Antonyms
How Irritable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Crabbed comes from the animal crab, which people long ago used as a picture of someone 'grumpy' or 'sour' who snaps at others, like a crab. So crabbed means 'annoyed and irritable'.