Thesaurus
crabby
Synonyms and Antonyms of crabby
- a crabby old dog who snapped at passersby
bearish, bilious, cantankerous, cross-grained, curmudgeonly, disagreeable, dyspeptic, ill-humored, ill-natured, ill-tempered, off-color (or off-colored), ornery, querulous, snarly, surly
argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, disputatious, fractious, fretful, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent
huffy, pouty, sensitive, short, sulky, sullen, tetchy, thin-skinned, touchy
out of humor, out of sorts
affable, companionable, cordial, extroverted (also extraverted), friendly, genial, gregarious, outgoing, sociable
agreeable, amiable, good-natured, good-tempered, sweet, well-disposed
carefree, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, relaxed
forbearing, long-suffering, obliging, patient, stoic (or stoical), tolerant, uncomplaining, understanding
- a bunch of crabby kids who don't want to do any work
antsy, fidgety, restive, restless, squirmy, twitchy, uneasy, wiggly, wriggly
discontented, disgruntled, displeased, dissatisfied
cantankerous, choleric, cross, crotchety, irascible, irritable, ornery, peevish, perverse, pettish, petulant, quick-tempered, short-tempered, snappish, snappy, snippy, testy, waspish
forbearing, long-suffering, patient, stoic (or stoical), tolerant, uncomplaining
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