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Synonyms for crab apple

  • noun

Most common

misery grouch moaner crab crab tree

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Misery — an unpleasant person; a person who is crabby

misery, grouch, grump informal, moaner

2. Crab — any of the wild species of apple tree, genus Malus, which generally yield small, bitter fruit (in comparison…

crab, crab tree

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Any of the wild species of apple tree, genus Malus, which generally yield small, bitter fruit (in comparison to domestic apples, Malus domestica).

  2. n. 2

    An unpleasant person; a person who is crabby.

Related words

Is a kind of
apple fruit
Other spellings
crab-apple crabapple

Example sentences

  • misery Tom blamed all his misery on planned obsolescence.
  • grouch I'm a grouch before I have my first cup of coffee.
  • crab Snippy had the bluest blood of all his crab brethren.

By length

4 letters
crab1
5 letters
grump1
6 letters
misery3, grouch1, moaner

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (misery3 = 3 syllables).