Synonyms of crabbing

crabbing

verb

present participle of crab

1

as in complaining

to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely

their two-year-old whined and crabbed for the whole car trip

Synonyms & Similar Words

• complaining
• screaming
• whining
• moaning
• muttering
• kicking
• bitching
• grumbling
• growling
• hollering
• worrying
• carping
• squealing
• griping
• squawking
• whimpering
• grousing
• crying
• repining
• yammering
• bellyaching
• beefing
• nagging
• murmuring
• wailing
• yowling
• grouching
• bleating
• whinging
• grumping
• grizzling
• kvetching
• fussing
• inveighing
• keening
• yawping
• protesting
• caterwauling
• croaking
• maundering
• kicking up a fuss
• quarreling (with)
• objecting (to)
• sobbing
• stewing
• fretting
• quibbling
• blubbering
• lamenting
• caviling
• deploring
• bemoaning
• bewailing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejoicing
• taking
• delighting
• enduring
• accepting
• crowing
• tolerating
• bearing
• cheering
• countenancing
• applauding
• commending

2

as in damaging

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of

crabbed the blossoming romance by becoming moody and demanding

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damaging
• marring
• injuring
• hurting
• crippling
• compromising
• spoiling
• breaking
• eroding
• weakening
• harming
• impairing
• crossing (up)
• destroying
• undermining
• ruining
• defacing
• disfiguring
• bloodying
• flawing
• battering
• deteriorating
• endamaging
• blemishing
• vitiating
• wearing (away)
• scouring
• wrecking
• shattering
• wounding
• demolishing
• washing out
• torturing
• enervating
• blighting
• smashing
• enfeebling
• wasting
• tormenting
• denting
• tarnishing
• crushing
• maiming
• bashing
• devastating
• dinging
• disabling
• tearing down
• wiping out
• gumming (up)
• botching
• mangling
• mutilating
• dashing
• hamstringing
• pulverizing
• clobbering
• laming
• decimating
• totaling
• dinting
• scourging
• lacerating
• annihilating
• queering
• doing in
• razing
• banging up
• desolating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repairing
• fixing
• rebuilding
• patching
• curing
• reconstructing
• mending
• renovating
• helping
• healing
• reconditioning
• revamping
• rehabilitating
• doctoring
• rectifying
• remedying
• remodeling
• improving
• revising
• editing
• perfecting
• refining
• enhancing
• ameliorating
• enriching
• bettering
• meliorating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of crabbing

The low-lying island—about 12 miles off the coast of mainland Virginia and Maryland—sits in the Chesapeake Bay, a body of water that continues to overtake this historic fishing and crabbing village. — Lydia Mansel, Southern Living, 1 July 2026

Spend a day out on the water with a boat and gear rentals for crabbing or clamming. — Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2026

Members gather on local piers to learn crabbing techniques, understand regulations and try their luck at bringing home fresh seafood. — Loureen Ayyoub, CBS News, 22 June 2026

As the crabbing season gains momentum, Maryland watermen are grappling with a surge in operational expenses, led by high fuel prices that are forcing them to pass rising costs on to consumers. — Tessa Bentulan, Baltimore Sun, 9 June 2026

The Broncos chose to be strategic, their offseason a laser, not a crabbing net. — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026

Corpus Christi lessons Joey Palermo also lives along the shore and does his share of fishing, crabbing and shrimping. — Rebekah F. Ward, Houston Chronicle, 29 Mar. 2026

Remains found on a beach in southwestern Washington in 2006 have been identified through DNA analysis as a former Oregon mayor who authorities think drowned while crabbing. — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 15 Jan. 2026

Officials believed Rajaniemi was alone and had been crabbing in the area, a Coast Guard official told The Press Democrat. — Sacbee.com, 13 Jan. 2026