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crab

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of crab

an irritable and complaining person
  • You're always such a crab in the morning!
Synonyms of crab

bear, bellyacher, complainer, crank, curmudgeon, fusser, griper, grouch, grouser, growler, grumbler, grump, murmurer, mutterer, sourpuss, whiner
Words Related to crab

malcontent, sorehead

grinch, killjoy, party pooper, spoilsport

defeatist, pessimist

faultfinder, kicker, nagger, nitpicker, objector, quibbler, repiner

hypochondriac
Near Antonyms of crab

optimist, Pollyanna

happy camper

crab

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of crab

1 to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
  • Their two-year-old whined and crabbed for the whole car trip.
Synonyms of crab

beef, bellyache, bleat, carp, caterwaul, complain, croak, fuss, gripe, grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, grump, holler, inveigh, kick, moan, murmur, mutter, nag, scream, squawk, squeal, wail, whimper, whine, yammer, yawp (or yaup), yowl
Words Related to crab

object (to), protest, quarrel (with)

cavil, quibble

fret, stew, worry

blubber, cry, sob

bemoan, bewail, deplore, lament
Phrases Synonymous with crab

kick up a fuss
Near Antonyms of crab

accept, bear, countenance, endure, take, tolerate

applaud, cheer, commend
Antonyms of crab

crow, delight, rejoice
2 to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
  • She crabbed the blossoming romance by becoming moody and demanding.
Synonyms of crab

blemish, bloody, break, compromise, cripple, cross (up), damage, deface, disfigure, endamage, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, spoil, vitiate
Words Related to crab

deteriorate, enervate, enfeeble, undermine, weaken

erode, scour, wash out, wear (away)

blight, tarnish

dent, ding, dint

botch, gum (up), queer

lacerate, wound

disable, hamstring, lame, maim, mangle, mutilate, torment, torture

annihilate, bang up, bash, batter, clobber, crush, dash, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, do in, pulverize, raze, ruin, scourge, shatter, smash, tear down, total, waste, wipe out, wreck
Near Antonyms of crab

cure, heal, help, rectify, rehabilitate, remedy

edit, remodel, revise

ameliorate, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate, perfect, refine
Antonyms of crab

doctor, fix, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair, revamp

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