The meaning of Crabby

adjective

Having a sharp, pungent taste or smell; not sweet.

Usage examples:

Raw berries have an intensely bitter flavour

noun

Beer that is strongly flavoured with hops and has a bitter taste, brewed by top fermentation.

Usage examples:

A pint of bitter

adjective

Having a slightly stinging, strong taste, not salty or sweet

Usage examples:

The coffee was bitter., losing the election was a bitter disappointment., she has no bitterness abo…

adjective

Bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative.

Usage examples:

He can be a cantankerous old fossil at times

adjective

Having a difficult and contrary disposition

adjective

Annoyed and tending to argue and complain

Usage examples:

By dinner, we were all tired and cantankerous.

noun

The expression of dissatisfaction or annoyance about something.

Usage examples:

His complaining has been a little bit annoying

adjective

Expressing dissatisfaction or annoyance about something.

Usage examples:

She apologized to the complaining crowd

verb

Express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something.

Usage examples:

Local authorities complained that they lacked sufficient resources

adjective

(of handwriting) very small and difficult to decipher.

Usage examples:

His handwriting is crabbed and hideous

verb

Move sideways or obliquely.

Usage examples:

He began crabbing sideways across the roof

verb

Grumble about something petty.

Usage examples:

On picnics, i would crab about sand in my food

noun

A mark, object, or figure formed by two short intersecting lines or pieces (+ or ×).

Usage examples:

Place a cross against the preferred choice

verb

Go or extend across or to the other side of (an area, stretch of water, etc.).

Usage examples:

She has crossed the atlantic twice

adjective

Annoyed.

Usage examples:

He seemed to be very cross about something

adjective

Irritable.

Usage examples:

He was tired and crotchety

adjective

Easily annoyed or angered

Usage examples:

After ten hours in the car, we were all getting crotchety.

adjective

(especially of an old person) bad-tempered and negative.

Usage examples:

A curmudgeonly old man

adjective

Often in a bad mood

Usage examples:

A superb drama about a curmudgeonly old man, "i don't want to sound curmudgeonly, but i really dese…

adjective

Unpleasant or unenjoyable.

Usage examples:

A disagreeable thought

adjective

Unpleasant; unattractive

Usage examples:

The drinking water had a disagreeable oily taste.

adjective

Tense, nervous, or irritable.

Usage examples:

He became edgy and defensive

adjective

Nervous or easily upset

Usage examples:

He paced the hallway looking edgy and impatient.

adjective

(typically of children) irritable and quarrelsome.

Usage examples:

They fight and squabble like fractious children

adjective

Tending to argue, fight, or complain, and hard to control

Usage examples:

Fractious relationships, the fractious nature of politics

adjective

Feeling or expressing distress or irritation.

Usage examples:

The baby was crying with a fretful whimper

adjective

Behaving in a way that shows you are unhappy, worried, or uncomfortable

Usage examples:

By midnight the children were tired and fretful (= complaining a lot because they were unhappy).

adjective

Having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or provoked.

Usage examples:

An impatient motorist blaring his horn

adjective

Not willing to wait for something to happen and becoming annoyed at delays

Usage examples:

Don’t be impatient, you’ll get your turn., she grew impatient with the others., [ + to infinitive ]…

adjective

Having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed.

Usage examples:

She was tired and irritable

adjective

(of a person) wretchedly unhappy or uncomfortable.

Usage examples:

Their happiness made anne feel even more miserable

adjective

Very unhappy, or causing much unhappiness

Usage examples:

They can make your life miserable if they want to., the forecast is for miserable weather today.

adjective

(of a person) given to unpredictable changes of mood, especially sudden bouts of gloominess or sullenness.

Usage examples:

His moody adolescent brother

adjective

(of a person) often sad, or changing from being happy to sad, often for no clear reason

adjective

Sullen and ill-tempered.

Usage examples:

She was morose and silent when she got home

adjective

Unhappy or annoyed and unwilling to speak, smile, or be pleasant to people

Usage examples:

Michael became morose and withdrawn after he lost his job.

adjective

Strongly flavoured with pepper or other hot spices.

Usage examples:

A hot, peppery dish

adjective

Having a spicy flavour like pepper

Usage examples:

This salad has a sharp peppery flavour., he was a famously peppery lawyer.

adjective

(of a person or their behaviour) childishly bad-tempered and petulant.

Usage examples:

He comes across in his journal entries as spoiled and pettish

adjective

(of a person or their manner) childishly sulky or bad-tempered.

Usage examples:

He was moody and petulant

adjective

Easily angered or annoyed, esp. in a rude way

Usage examples:

He plays the part of a petulant young man in the film.

adjective

Complaining in a rather petulant or whining manner.

Usage examples:

She became querulous and demanding