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crabbiness

crabbiness noun: the state of being crabby; sour or bad-tempered.

Noun

crabbiness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being crabby; sour or bad-tempered.
    • Crab apples [...] when you bite into one, it reveals a fairly sour taste. Cook them and they lose that crabbiness, becoming as sweet as any standard apple.2023, Ray Mears, chapter 1, in British Woodland, Ebury Spotlight, →ISBN

Origin of crabbiness

From crabby + -ness.

Questions about crabbiness

What does crabbiness mean?
Crabbiness means the state of being crabby; sour or bad-tempered.
What part of speech is crabbiness?
Crabbiness is a noun.

Words near crabbiness in the dictionary

  1. crabbified
  2. crabbifies
  3. crabbify
  4. crabbifying
  5. crabbily
  6. crabbiness
  7. crabbing
  8. crabbings
  9. crabbish
  10. crabbit
  11. crabble

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