Used in a Sentence

crabby

How to use crabby in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for crabby.

Editorial note

Feverish and crabby perhaps, but not aimed at you.

Examples11
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

annoyed and irritable

Meaning at a glance

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adjective

annoyed and irritable

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for crabby.

Example sentences

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Feverish and crabby perhaps, but not aimed at you.

2

Remember when you were a kid and some crabby old biddy gave you crap for 'wasting your time'?

3

Apologies, you caught me at a crabby, pedantic moment.

4

I don't mean to be crabby, but the infographic explicitly mentions that some of the jobs are from the service industry.

5

I feel pretty crabby about work when I'm working from my home desk, but as this article points out, working at a coffee shop makes my work seem cooler.

6

They have to respect the purpose of restaurants and the people who run them; otherwise they'll be ineffectively fussy or crabby.

7

Ah, Hacker News, I always underestimate you. As I was reading the article, I was thinking to myself, there is no way someone can turn this into a negative, cynical, crabby top comment.

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Negative, cynical, crabby... Not a single mention of anything in the article, just a bunch of loud complainingYour comment or mine?

9

I get crabby, but the beauty of seeing Rainier and all the ecotourism and density makes up for everything.

10

But if you-at-your-worst is somebody who is kind of grumpy and maybe a little bit selfish, you're a whole lot better than somebody who constantly acts like a crabby miser.

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There is, no doubt, still room for improvement but my experience has been that forums that are part of a business model are generally dramatically better than those run for free by idealists who frequently get really crabby about being underappreciated, the forum turning into too much work, etc.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use crabby in a sentence?

Feverish and crabby perhaps, but not aimed at you.

What does crabby mean?

annoyed and irritable

What part of speech is crabby?

crabby is commonly used as adjective.