crabbit

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UK/ˈkɹabɪt/

adjective

Grouchy, cantankerous.

Similar
crabbyorneryatrabiliousbad-temperedbiliousbitchybrainishcantankerous
OriginScots crabbit →
Scrabble 13
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Meanings

adjectivecrabbit (comparative more crabbit, superlative most crabbit)

comparative more crabbit · superlative most crabbit

  1. ScotlandGrouchy, cantankerous.

    Auntie Maureen said how me and Mattie would have liked him but Uncle Eric said, Oh ye would not, he was just a crabbit old b****r.

    2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 65

    Synonyms: crabby, ornery, atrabilious, bad-tempered, bilious, bitchy, brainish, cantankerous

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveGrouchy, cantankerous.

Similar
crabbyorneryatrabiliousbad-temperedbiliousbitchybrainishcantankerouscarnaptiouscholericcrabbycrankycrotchetydyspepticedgyfantoddishfieryfractiousfretful
Also see
cantankerouscholericirascibleirritablepeevishpetulant

Origin

  1. Scotscrabbit
  2. Englishcrabbit

From Scots crabbit, from crab.

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APA

crabbit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crabbit

MLA

“crabbit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crabbit. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crabbit,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crabbit.

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