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Crabby meaning

  1. Relating to or resembling crabs; crablike.
  2. Abounding with crabs.
  3. Visibly irritated or annoyed; grouchy, irritable, in a foul mood; given to complaining or finding fault in an annoyed way.

Synonyms of Crabby

crabbed cross fussy grouchy grumpy bad-tempered ill-tempered ill-natured

Related words

Other words often associated with Crabby or its synonyms:

crosswise cantankerous transverse particular prickly hotheaded traverse fancy dyspeptic ornery fastidious waspish

Using Crabby

  • The main meaning on this page is: Relating to or resembling crabs; crablike. | Abounding with crabs. | Visibly irritated or annoyed; grouchy, irritable, in a foul mood; given to complaining or finding fault in an annoyed way.
  • Useful related words include: crabbed, cross, fussy, grouchy.
  • In the example corpus, crabby often appears in combinations such as: crabby appleton.

Context around Crabby

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Often before:

herself 1× nemesis 1×

Often after:

appleton 2× friend 1× overtired 1× ignorant 1× beach 1× asshole 1×

Sentence patterns with Crabby

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a nemesis crabby appleton 1× be a crabby asshole as 1× by its crabby friend 1× favorite local crabby place and 1× fund their crabby ignorant useless 1× in herself crabby or not 1× lounge the crabby beach sandpit 1× phone while crabby overtired dad 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a young sea 1× and fox 45 1× choose from africa 1× he expanded the 1× i promise to 1× i thought i 1×

Common sentence endings:

and loads more 1× asshole as often 1× crabby or not 1× ignorant useless existence 1× it a celebration 1× its crabby friend 1×

Words around Crabby

Just before it in the word index:

crabbs 2 crabble 2 crabbing 13 crabbers 5 crabbed 3 crabbe 25

Just after it in the word index:

crabcakes 2 crabeater 4 crabel 2 crabgrass 5 crabhouse 2 crabill 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaronson 19 abai 19 abass 19 abatements 19 abdulfatah 19 abebe 19

Corpus analysis for Crabby

  • In this selection, "crabby" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, herself, nemesis, appleton, friend and overtired stand out and add context to how "crabby" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a nemesis crabby appleton and be a crabby asshole as. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "crabby" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with crabby

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

A young sea lion seems entranced by its crabby friend. (10 words)

Tom had a sidekick named Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog, and a nemesis, Crabby Appleton. (15 words)

I promise to do my best to be to not be a crabby asshole as often. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

So, yeah, we are not as great as we could be if we let our own kids tell us how horrible we & our country are while they constantly have their hand out expecting us to fund their crabby ignorant useless existence. (41 words)

And Fox 45 was there recording a segment to air tomorrow, And they didn’t say it, but you probably ought to go out to your favorite local crabby place and get some on Thursday and make it a celebration! (40 words)

Mommy is self-isolating in the attic with a presumptive case of — diagnosed by her doc on the phone — while crabby, overtired Dad is overseeing today’s journal writing session to be submitted for marks. (35 words)

Exclamation examples

And Fox 45 was there recording a segment to air tomorrow, And they didn’t say it, but you probably ought to go out to your favorite local crabby place and get some on Thursday and make it a celebration! (40 words)

Example sentences (11)

And Fox 45 was there recording a segment to air tomorrow, And they didn’t say it, but you probably ought to go out to your favorite local crabby place and get some on Thursday and make it a celebration!

A young sea lion seems entranced by its crabby friend.

Looking on the bright side of things, Lucy has great confidence and pride in herself, crabby or not.

I thought I might post a Crabby Appleton recording online to commemorate that event five decades earlier and though that plan was scrapped, Fennelly and I agreed on an interview that was interesting indeed.

Mommy is self-isolating in the attic with a presumptive case of — diagnosed by her doc on the phone — while crabby, overtired Dad is overseeing today’s journal writing session to be submitted for marks.

So, yeah, we are not as great as we could be if we let our own kids tell us how horrible we & our country are while they constantly have their hand out expecting us to fund their crabby ignorant useless existence.

But after they got their picture taken atop Victoria Peak, their smiles quickly turned to grimaces, as their attempt to tie up 50 hairy crabs made them very crabby.

Choose from Africa’s largest jungle gym, to the Creative Creatures Corner, Polly’s Paint Pen, On da Block Lego Lounge, the Crabby Beach Sandpit, Splish Splash Sprinkler Island and loads more.

He expanded the restaurant by adding a bar and renamed it Crabby’s, reopening in 1984 with a more expansive menu than Francisco’s.

I promise to do my best to be to not be a crabby asshole as often.

Tom had a sidekick named Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog, and a nemesis, Crabby Appleton.

Common combinations with crabby

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "crabby" in a sentence?
An example: "And Fox 45 was there recording a segment to air tomorrow, And they didn’t say it, but you probably ought to go out to your favorite local crabby place and get some on Thursday and make it a celebration!" This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "crabby" from authentic English texts.
What does "crabby" mean?
Crabby means: Relating to or resembling crabs; crablike.
What are synonyms of "crabby"?
Common synonyms of "crabby" include: crabbed, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, ill-natured.
How many example sentences with "crabby" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "crabby", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.