Meanings
nouncrabbiness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe state of being crabby; sour or bad-tempered.
Crab apples [...] when you bite into one, it reveals a fairly sour taste. Cook them and they lose that crabbiness, becoming as sweet as any standard apple.
2023, Ray Mears, chapter 1, in British Woodland, Ebury Spotlight, →ISBN
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Translations
Polish zrzędliwość, marudność
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- marudnośćTranslations
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crabbiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crabbiness
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