crabby

• Quite often, she woke up crabby, at least until she'd had a double dose of caffeine. —  Greene, Jennifer - Rock Solid (html).html
• "This business with Rob is making you a little crabby, Lara," he said. —  Magyar Venus
• The wonder of Melodie's character is that she manages to internalize Boris 'crabby, karping worldview while maintaining her sweet and tolerant disposition. —  Dallas Observer | Complete Issue
• Although Noah was still tired and a little crabby, he ate dinner, and not too crabbily went to sleep. —  LizaWasHere
• Watching the movie, we'd always had a sneaking suspicion that Ariel's crabby (or lobstery?) friend was, in actuality, a black man with a vaguely Jamaican accent. —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch

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