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adj. - Perversely irritable.

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Usage examples (37)
  • Crichton is the kind of person for whom the word crabby has taken on a whole new meaning.
  • I know that J.D. calls the crabby one "Jo," but that's it.
  • It's so much fun, although I have been kind of crabby from playing it for too long!
  • She was often kind of crabby and irritable overseas when she had to travel with him.
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