Scotland · adjective
crabbit
Bad-tempered, irritable, cross, or grumpy.
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What crabbit means
Crabbit describes a person who is easily annoyed, visibly bad-tempered, or unpleasantly irritable.
How it is used
It may refer to a temporary mood or a habitual temperament.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Pronunciation
- /ˈkrabɪt/
- Register
- Informal Scots and Scottish English.
- Variants
- No common variant listed
Examples
Each example is followed by its intended plain-English meaning.
He’s crabbit before his morning coffee.
He is grumpy before his morning coffee.
Dinnae get crabbit with me.
Do not become bad-tempered with me.
What to watch for
Calling someone crabbit can escalate an argument if they are already annoyed.
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