Crabby

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crabby \Crab"by\ (-b[y^]), a.
     Crabbed; difficult, or perplexing. "Persius is crabby,
     because ancient." --Marston.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  crabby
       adj : perversely irritable [syn: {crabbed}, {cross}, {fussy}, {grouchy},
              {grumpy}, {bad-tempered}, {ill-tempered}]
       [also: {crabbiest}, {crabbier}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  52 Moby Thesaurus words for "crabby":
     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