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Antonyms for more crabbed
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : krab-id |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkræb ɪd |
Definition of more crabbed
Origin :- late 14c., literally "resembling a crab," in reference to crookedness, from crab (n.1). Of taste "bitter, harsh," late 14c., from crab (n.2). Meaning "peevish" is attested from 1560s, in reference to a crab's combative disposition.
- adj in a bad mood
- adj ill-tempered
- He to know the seventy-two languages he couldn't be more crabbed than what he is.
- Extract from : « Three Wonder Plays » by Lady I. A. Gregory
- And it struck me as she spoke, that there were more crabbed stories of evil boding in her repertory than gentle and holy ones.
- Extract from : « The Valleys of Tirol » by R. H. Busk
Synonyms for more crabbed
- acid
- acrid
- acrimonious
- awkward
- bad-tempered
- blunt
- brusque
- cantankerous
- captious
- choleric
- churlish
- crabby
- cranky
- cross
- crotchety
- crusty
- cynical
- difficult
- disagreeable
- dour
- fretful
- gloomy
- glum
- grouchy
- grumpy
- harsh
- huffy
- ill-humored
- ill-tempered
- irascible
- irritable
- misanthropic
- morose
- nasty-tempered
- peevish
- perverse
- petulant
- prickly
- querulous
- saturnine
- snappish
- snappy
- sour
- splenetic
- sulky
- sullen
- surly
- tart
- testy
- tough
- trying
- unsociable
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