crabby

Questions about crabby

What does crabby mean?

crabby means "annoyed and irritable".

How many syllables are in crabby?

crabby has 2 syllables: crab-by. The stress falls on "crab". In IPA it is /ˈkɹæbi/.

What is another word for crabby?

Close synonyms include crabbed, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is crabby a common word?

crabby is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.