Adjective: crabby (crabbier,crabbiest)
kra-bee- Annoyed and irritable
"The crabby old man yelled at the kids to get off his lawn";
- crabbed, cross, fussy, grouchy [informal], grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered, arsey [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: crabbiest, crabbier
See also: ill-natured