crabbily
In bad temper
In a crabby manner—irritably, grouchily, with bad-tempered impatience: She crabbily dismissed his suggestions without hearing him out.
The word suggests petty, snappish displeasure rather than serious anger.
In an ill-tempered manner
- testilyIn irritated manner
- peevishlyWith fretful irritation
- snappishlyIn an irritable way
- cantankerouslyIn an irritable manner
crankily · crossly · grumpily · churlishly · surlily · petulantly · irascibly · waspishly
In a complaining manner
- whininglyIn a complaining manner
- querulouslyIn whining manner
- fussilyWith excessive concern
- cavilingPetty fault-finding
grousing · griping · bellyaching · kvetching · naggingly · critically · protestingly
In morose manner
- moodilyIn temperamental manner
- gloomilyIn a dejected manner
- moroselyIn sullen spirits
- sourlyIn ill-tempered manner
dourly · bitterly · resentfully · glumly · darkly · broodingly · dispiritedly · blackly
grouchily
In an ill-tempered manner
- testilyIn irritated manner
- peevishlyWith fretful irritation
- snappishlyIn an irritable way
cantankerously · crankily · crossly · grumpily · churlishly · surlily · petulantly · irascibly · waspishly · curtly
grumblingly
In a complaining manner
- whininglyIn a complaining manner
- querulouslyIn whining manner
- fussilyWith excessive concern
caviling · grousing · griping · bellyaching · kvetching · naggingly · critically · protestingly
sullenly
In morose manner
sourly · dourly · bitterly · resentfully · glumly · darkly · broodingly · dispiritedly · blackly
crabbilycheerfully
In a glad manner
pleasantly · good-naturedly · amiably · genially · agreeably