crabby
In foul mood
Crabby means irritable or ill-tempered, prone to complaining or snapping at others: She gets crabby when she's hungry.
The word suggests minor, petty grouchiness rather than deep anger—someone being difficult over small things.
Don't be so crabby, I was just asking.
Easily annoyed, ill-tempered
- irritableEasily provoked to annoyance
- crankyIll-tempered and peevish
- testyShort-tempered, easily provoked
- peevishHabitually fretful
cross · sulky · petulant · fussy · snappish · crotchety · querulous · fractious
Prone to outbursts
- cholericEasily provoked to anger
- spleneticChronically ill-tempered
- biliousIll-tempered or nauseated
- dyspepticSuffering indigestion; irritable
tetchy · acerbic · ill-tempered · bad-tempered · quick-tempered · hot-tempered · prickly · waspish
grouchy
Easily annoyed, ill-tempered
- irritableEasily provoked to annoyance
- crankyIll-tempered and peevish
- testyShort-tempered, easily provoked
peevish · cross · sulky · petulant · fussy · snappish · crotchety · querulous · fractious · churlish
irascible
Prone to outbursts
dyspeptic · tetchy · acerbic · ill-tempered · bad-tempered · quick-tempered · hot-tempered · prickly · waspish · shrewish
claws
Animal gripping nails
scuttling · carapace · molting · exoskeleton · Dungeness · crablike
- irritabilitycranky, grouchy, grumpy, irritated, annoyed
- PeanutsCharlie Brown, Snoopy, Woodstock, Lucy, Linus
- rudenessrude, discourtesy, impolite, rudeness, disrespect
- animal-likeapish, apelike, avian, beastly, birdlike
- cold-heartedcallous, cold, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, cruel
- irritatingannoying, aggravating, bothersome, exasperating, frustrating
- crab cakesSeasoned patties of flaked shellfish
- crab appleSmall, sour tree fruit
- hermit crabCrustacean occupying abandoned shells
- crab meatEdible tissue from decapods
- crab clawCrustacean's grasping limb
- king crabLarge edible spider-shaped crustacean
crab, crabs, crabbed, crabbier, crabbiness, crabber, crabbiest, crabbily