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What is the adjective for crabbiest?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb crab which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

crabbed
  1. Bad-tempered or cantankerous.
  2. Cramped, bent.
  3. (of handwriting) Crowded together and difficult to read.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. irritable, testy, grumpy, cross, peevish, crabby, irascible, grouchy, touchy, cantankerous, cranky, crotchety, petulant, prickly, tetchy, surly, ratty, snappish, snappy, choleric, waspish, splenetic, fractious, pettish, crusty, chippy, sulky, narky, dyspeptic, sullen, disagreeable, huffy, moody, bilious, eggy, querulous, soreheaded, peppery, perverse, curmudgeonly, sour, liverish, peckish, impatient, churlish, miffy, snaky, fretful, morose, captious … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “He has always been known for his crabbed nature, getting irritated at the slightest inconvenience.”
      “It wasn't as though they were written down on teeny little Post-Its in crabbed penmanship and stuck onto the shelves backwards.”
crabby
  1. visibly irritated or annoyed; grouchy, irritable, in a foul mood; given to complaining or finding fault in an annoyed way.
  2. crabbed; difficult, or perplexing.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. cranky, cross, grumpy, irascible, irritable, sulky, testy, fiery, fractious, fretful, grouchy, peevish, petulant, ratty, surly, touchy, cantankerous, choleric, glum, huffy, impatient, moody, prickly, querulous, snappy, sullen, unsociable, whingy, bilious, bitter, brusque, chippy, crabbed, cynical, difficult, disagreeable, dyspeptic, harsh, misanthropic, narky, perverse, pettish, snappish, sour, splenetic, acrimonious, captious, churlish, crotchety, crusty … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The kids would run down the street, hoping the parachute would land in an open area, or in the yard of a nice neighbor, and not a crabby neighbor.”
      “Then I had to deal with a crabby two year old who went berserk because I took his coat off.”
      “The first signs of heat exhaustion for children are when they become flushed, crabby, and don't feel well.”
crabwise
  1. In the manner of a crab; sideways.
  2. (figuratively) Incidental.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. lateral, side, sidelong, flanking, sideward, flank, wing, adjacent, sideways, oblique, skirting, edgeways, sidewise, slanting, cross, side by side, on the side … more
crablike
  1. Having some characteristics of a crab
  2. Walking or moving sideways
  3. Examples:
      4. “Rather than trying to hug the seafloor, crablike robots could punt along, relaxing and saving the precious energy in their batteries.”
      “The creature's most distinctive features were its six crablike legs and its rather large fangs and claws.”
      “He was a crablike manoeuvrer, crafty and unreliable, domineering towards followers, ruthless towards rivals.”
crabbish
  1. Somewhat sour or cross; crabby.
crabbier
  1. comparative form of crabby: more crabby
  2. Synonyms:
      3. crankier, crosser, grumpier, sulkier, testier, grouchier, rattier, surlier, touchier, glummer, huffier, moodier, pricklier, snappier, sullener, bitterer, brusquer, chippier, difficulter, harsher, narkier, perverser, sourer, crotchetier, crustier, curmudgeonlier, eggier, miserabler, pepperier, snarkier, tetchier, edgier, fussier, gloomier, moroser, scratchier, snakier, snippier, stuffier, tougher, acrider, awkwarder, blunter, dourer, mardier, raspier, tarter, worse-tempered, more irascible, more irritable … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The child deserves enough sleep otherwise he is most likely to be a less engaged learner and crabbier family member.”
      “Nothing makes a cook crabbier than preparing something that no one wants to eat.”
crabbiest
  1. superlative form of crabby: most crabby
  2. Synonyms:
      3. crankiest, crossest, grumpiest, sulkiest, testiest, grouchiest, rattiest, surliest, touchiest, glummest, huffiest, moodiest, prickliest, snappiest, sullenest, bitterest, brusquest, chippiest, difficultest, harshest, narkiest, perversest, sourest, crotchetiest, crustiest, curmudgeonliest, eggiest, miserablest, pepperiest, snarkiest, tetchiest, edgiest, fussiest, gloomiest, morosest, scratchiest, snakiest, snippiest, stuffiest, toughest, acridest, awkwardest, bluntest, dourest, mardiest, raspiest, tartest, worst-tempered, most irascible, most irritable … more
crabbing
  1. present participle of crab
  2. Synonyms:
      3. complaining, moaning, grumbling, whining, whingeing, grousing, griping, carping, beefing, bleating, grouching, bellyaching, grizzling, wailing, fussing, muttering, nagging, growling, screaming, inveighing, keening, grumping, kvetching, caterwauling, murmuring, repining, whimpering, squealing, hollering, squawking, croaking, yowling, maundering, yammering, kicking, yawping, yauping, criticising, criticizing, kicking up a fuss, mithering, protesting, chuntering, objecting, groaning, cavilling, caviling, sounding off, grieving, bemoaning … more
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