English Explanatory Dictionary

crabbit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Grouchy, cantankerous.

Pronunciation

/ˈkɹabɪt/

Word forms

crabbit more crabbit most crabbit

Etymology

From Scots crabbit, from crab.

Synonyms

crabby ornery atrabilious bad-tempered bilious bitchy brainish cantankerous carnaptious choleric crabbit cranky crotchety dyspeptic edgy fantoddish fiery fractious fretful grumpy grotchy grouchy hissy hot-livered hot-tempered hotheaded huffy humpy ill-natured ill-tempered irascible irritable liverish out of sorts ornery (chiefly US)} peevish pettish petulant prickly quick-tempered querulous raspy ratty short-tempered snappish snappy snippety snippish snippy snitchy splenetic stressy surly temperamental testy tetchy tetty thin-skinned thorny touchy
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