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Synonyms for crabbed

  • adjective

Most common

difficult ill ill-tempered ill-natured

All synonyms

Adjective

cross, ill-tempered, ill-natured, difficult, tough, ill, ugly, sour, moody, rugged, tart, perverse, touchy, irritable, crusty, surly, petulant, bad-tempered, testy, glum, crabby, morose

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Bad-tempered or cantankerous.

Related words

Word family
crabbedness

Example sentences

  • difficult Explain to him the difficult situation you are in.
  • ill They called in a doctor because the child was ill.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
crabbedsteady
difficultsteady
illsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
ill1
4 letters
ugly2, sour2, tart1, glum1
5 letters
cross1, tough1, moody2, surly2, testy2
6 letters
rugged2, touchy2, crusty2, crabby2, morose2
8 letters
perverse2, petulant3
9 letters
difficult3, irritable4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ugly2 = 2 syllables).