most crabbed

ADJECTIVE

in a bad mood

Synonyms

WEAK

acid acrid acrimonious awkward bad-tempered blunt brusque captious choleric churlish cranky cross crotchety crusty cynical difficult dour fretful gloomy glum grouchy harsh huffy ill-humored ill-tempered irascible irritable misanthropic morose nasty-tempered peevish perverse petulant prickly saturnine snappish snappy sour splenetic sulky sullen surly tart testy tough trying unsociable

Antonyms

WEAK

happy

ADJECTIVE

ill-tempered

Synonyms

STRONG

cross

WEAK

bad-tempered cantankerous crabby cranky disagreeable grouchy grumpy irascible irritable peevish petulant querulous snappish snappy surly testy

Example Sentences

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At its core is one of the most crabbed conceptions of liberty ever penned by a Supreme Court justice.

From Slate • May 18, 2022

But with what a gusto would he describe his favorite authors, Donne or Sir Philip Sidney, and call their most crabbed passages delicious!

From Charles Lamb by Cornwall, Barry

When I feel most sorry for any one I'm most crabbed.

From A Knight of the Nineteenth Century by Roe, Edward Payson

But with what a gusto he would describe his favourite authors, Donne or Sir Philip Sidney, and call their most crabbed passages delicious.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

It is harmless as a dog or cat except when crossed by children, when it will snarl, snap, and bite like the most crabbed cur.

From The Hunters' Feast Conversations Around the Camp Fire by Reid, Mayne