adjective
- most irritable, bad-tempered, or grouchy
Usage: superlative form of crabby
Examples
- My grandfather is always crabbiest in the morning before his coffee.
- She becomes the crabbiest person when she’s hungry.
- The teacher was at her crabbiest during the last week of school.
- He’s the crabbiest customer the store clerk has ever dealt with.
- After working overtime all week, I was feeling my crabbiest on Friday.
- The crabbiest cat in the neighborhood finally warmed up to the new family.