Crabby
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

DOUR
Stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"

GLUM
Moody and melancholic

UGLY
Morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"

SOUR
Having a sharp biting taste

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CROSS
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

FUSSY
Exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared"

TESTY
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

GRUFF
Deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion; "gruff voices"; "the dog's gruff barking"; "hoarse cries"; "makes all the instruments sound powerful but husky"- Virgil Thomson

MOODY
United States evangelist (1837-1899)

STERN
Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"

SULKY
A light two-wheeled vehicle for one person; drawn by one horse

SURLY
Inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"

WHINY
Habitually complaining; "a whiny child"

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CRABBY
Annoyed and irritable

GLOOMY
Filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on her face"; "downcast after his defeat"; "feeling discouraged and downhearted"

SULLEN
Darkened by clouds; "a heavy sky"

TOUCHY
Difficult to handle; requiring great tact; "delicate negotiations with the big powers";"hesitates to be explicit on so ticklish a matter"; "a touchy subject"

UNEASY
Causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind"

GRUMPY
Annoyed and irritable

TETCHY
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

CRANKY
(used of boats) inclined to heel over easily under sail

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GROUCHY
Annoyed and irritable

CRABBED
Annoyed and irritable

PEEVISH
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

BEEFING

ENVIOUS
Showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages; "he was never covetous before he met her"; "jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions"; "envious of their art collection"

FRETFUL
Habitually complaining; "a whiny child"

GRIPING
Acute abdominal pain (especially in infants)

GRUMBLY

MUMPISH

RESTIVE
Impatient especially under restriction or delay; "the government has done nothing to ease restrictions and manufacturers are growing restive"

UNHAPPY
Generalized feeling of distress

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BITCHING

CRABBING

CROAKING
A harsh hoarse utterance (as of a frog)

GROUSING

GROWLING
A gruff or angry utterance (suggestive of the growling of an animal)

GRUMPISH

PERVERSE
Deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"

PETULANT
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

RESTLESS
Worried and uneasy

SNAPPISH
Apt to speak irritably; "a snappish tone of voice"

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GRUMBLING
A loud low dull continuous noise; "they heard the rumbling of thunder"

MURMURING
A low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech

MUTTERING
A low continuous indistinct sound; often accompanied by movement of the lips without the production of articulate speech

QUERULANT

QUERULOUS
Habitually complaining; "a whiny child"

RESENTFUL
Full of or marked by resentment or indignant ill will; "resentful at the way he was treated"; "a sullen resentful attitude"

IRASCIBLE
Characterized by anger; "a choleric outburst"; "an irascible response"

IRRITABLE
Easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

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UNPLEASANT
Disagreeable to the senses, to the mind, or feelings ; "an unpleasant personality"; "unpleasant repercussions"; "unpleasant odors"

DISPLEASED
Not pleased; experiencing or manifesting displeasure

MALCONTENT
A person who is discontented or disgusted

OUTOFHUMOR

REBELLIOUS
Resisting control or authority; "temperamentally rebellious"; "a rebellious crew"

UNGOVERNED
Not restrained or controlled; "unbridled rage"; "an unchecked temper"; "ungoverned rage"

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BELLYACHING

COMPLAINING
Expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment; "a complaining boss"

DISGRUNTLED
In a state of sulky dissatisfaction

UNACCEPTING

UNFULFILLED
Of persons; marked by failure to realize full potentialities; "unfulfilled and uneasy men"; "unrealized dreams and ambitions"

UNGRATIFIED
Worried and uneasy

UNSATISFIED
Worried and uneasy

BADTEMPERED

ILLTEMPERED

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CANTANKEROUS
Having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

COMPLAINTFUL

DISAPPOINTED
Disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"

DISCONTENTED
Showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing; "saw many discontent faces in the room"; "was discontented with his position"

DISSATISFIED
In a state of sulky dissatisfaction

FAULTFINDING
Tending to make moral judgments or judgments based on personal opinions; "a counselor tries not to be faultfinding"

MALCONTENTED

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SHORTTEMPERED

TEMPERAMENTAL
Likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster

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UNACCOMMODATING
Offering no assistance; "rudely unaccommodating to the customers"; "icily neutral, disagreeably unhelpful"