adjective
- comparative form of crabby; more irritable, grumpy, or bad-tempered
Usage: informal
Examples
- She gets crabbier when she hasn’t had enough sleep.
- The old man seemed even crabbier than usual today.
- I’m always crabbier in the morning before my coffee.
- The hot weather made everyone crabbier at work.
- He becomes crabbier as the day goes on.
- My sister is crabbier when she’s hungry.