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crabbit

UK/ˈkɹabɪt/

crabbit adjective: grouchy, cantankerous.

Adjective

crabbit (comparative more crabbit, superlative most crabbit)

  1. (Scotland) Grouchy, cantankerous.
    • Auntie Maureen said how me and Mattie would have liked him but Uncle Eric said, Oh ye would not, he was just a crabbit old b****r.2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 65

crabbit meaning in Bengali

crabbit in Bengali

খিটখিটে, বদমেজাজী

Synonyms of crabbit

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All synonyms of crabbit

Forms of crabbit

comparativemore crabbit
superlativemost crabbit

Origin of crabbit

From Scots crabbit, from crab.

Questions about crabbit

What does crabbit mean?
Crabbit means grouchy, cantankerous.
What is crabbit in Bengali?
Crabbit in Bengali is খিটখিটে, বদমেজাজী. See Crabbit meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is crabbit?
Crabbit is an adjective.
How do you pronounce crabbit?
Crabbit is pronounced /ˈkɹabɪt/ (UK).

Words near crabbit in the dictionary

  1. crabbily
  2. crabbiness
  3. crabbing
  4. crabbings
  5. crabbish
  6. crabbit
  7. crabble
  8. crabbles
  9. Crabbs
  10. crabburger
  11. crabburgers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crabbit (page history and authors); crabbit (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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