crabby

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Relationship basics My dad is crabby, acts like a little kid, gets pissed over every little thing, only cares about himself, lazy, and is nosy.

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  • 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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  1. from crab + -y; an alteration of crabbed.
 

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