crabbit en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɹabɪt/ (UK)
Etymology
From Scots crabbit, from crab.
Meanings
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(Scotland) Grouchy, 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more crabbit | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most crabbit | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Synonyms
crotchety · edgy · hot-tempered · temperamental · snippy · short-tempered · atrabilious · grouchy · huffy · carnaptious · bilious · fractious · fretful · crabbit · volatile · snappish · fiery · ornery · snappy · waspish · irritable · snippety · touchy · dyspeptic · tetchy · hot-livered · pettish · snitchy · prickly · querulous · surly · ill-natured · crabby · ill-tempered · thin-skinned · twitchy · raspy · grumpy · choleric · bad-tempered · hissy · ratty · fantoddish · hotheaded · irascible · peevish · splenetic · cranky · thorny · snippish · tetty · ornery (chiefly US)} · crabby · petulant · humpy · brainish · stressy · grotchy · liverish · umbrageous · testy · out of sorts · quick-tempered · cantankerous · bitchy