crabbier
Increasingly short-tempered
Crabbier is the comparative form of crabby, meaning more irritable or bad-tempered.
Someone who hasn't slept becomes crabbier than usual; a toddler missing naptime grows crabbier by the minute.
She gets crabbier every time we bring up the subject.
Easily provoked to annoyance
- grouchyEasily annoyed, ill-tempered
- grumpyIrritable in temperament
- crankyIll-tempered and peevish
- testyShort-tempered, easily provoked
peevish · snappish · petulant · tetchy · touchy · short-tempered · fractious · irascible
Prone to sullenness
- sulkyMoody and silently resentful
- sullenSilently bad-tempered
- moroseSullenly ill-humored
- glumQuietly dejected
dour · brooding · pouty · surly · churlish · gruff · crusty · curmudgeonly
Hostile and eager to clash
- quarrelsomeInclined to dispute
- contentiousInclined toward disagreement
- combativeInclined toward conflict
- truculentAggressively hostile disposition
aggressive · confrontational · antagonistic · argumentative · disputatious · pugnacious · bellicose · acrimonious
irritable
Easily provoked to annoyance
testy · peevish · snappish · petulant · tetchy · touchy · short-tempered · fractious · irascible · choleric
moody
Prone to sullenness
glum · dour · brooding · pouty · surly · churlish · gruff · crusty · curmudgeonly · sour
belligerent
Hostile and eager to clash
- quarrelsomeInclined to dispute
- contentiousInclined toward disagreement
- combativeInclined toward conflict
truculent · aggressive · confrontational · antagonistic · argumentative · disputatious · pugnacious · bellicose · acrimonious · vitriolic
crabbiercheerier
More lighthearted
happier · friendlier · pleasanter · sunnier · sweeter