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crab
Synonyms and Antonyms of crab
an irritable and complaining person
bear, bellyacher, complainer, crank, croaker, crosspatch, curmudgeon, fusser, griper, grouch, grouser, growler, grumbler, grump, murmurer, mutterer, sourpuss, whiner
crab
Synonyms and Antonyms of crab
1
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely
beef, bellyache, bitch, bleat, carp, caterwaul, complain, croak, fuss, gripe, grizzle, grouch, grouse, growl, grumble, grump, holler, inveigh, keen, kick, kvetch, maunder [chiefly British], moan, murmur, mutter, nag, repine, scream, squawk, squeal, wail, whimper, whine, whinge [British], yammer, yawp (or yaup), yowl
kick up a fuss
2
to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of
deteriorate, enervate, enfeeble, undermine, weaken
erode, scour, wash out, wear (away)
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
doctor, fix, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair, revamp
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