crabby

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Relating to or resembling crabs; crablike.
2. adjective Abounding with crabs.
3. adjective Visibly irritated or annoyed; grouchy, irritable, in a foul mood; given to complaining or finding fault in an annoyed way.
4. adjective Crabbed; difficult or perplexing.

Similar words

grouchy ill-tempered bad-tempered ill-natured crabbed grumpy fussy cross irritable cranky

Often followed by

and old when or as about with mood because

Word family

crabbier crabbiest crabbiness crabbinesses