Annoyed and irritable.

synonyms: bad-tempered, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered.

Roget 519: unintelligible, unaccountable, undecipherable, undiscoverable, unknowable, unfathomable; incognizable^†, inexplicable, inscrutable; inapprehensible^†, incomprehensible; insolvable^†, insoluble; impenetrable.    illegible, as Greek to one, unexplained, paradoxical; enigmatic, enigmatical, puzzling (secret) 533; indecipherable.    obscure, dark, muddy, clear as mud, seen through a mist, dim, nebulous, shrouded in mystery; opaque, dense; undiscernible etc. (invisible) 447^†; misty etc. (opaque) 426; hidden etc. 528; latent etc. 526.    indefinite, garbled etc. (indistinct) 447; perplexed etc. (confused) 59; undetermined, vague, loose, ambiguous; mysterious; mystic, mystical; acroamatic^†, acroamatical^†; metempirical; transcendental; occult, recondite, abstruse, crabbed.    inconceivable, inconceptible^†; searchless^†; above comprehension, beyond comprehension, past comprehension; beyond one's depth; unconceived.    inexpressible, undefinable, incommunicable.    unpredictable, unforeseeable.    ... show more

Roget 901a: sullen, sulky; ill-tempered, ill-humored, ill-affected, ill-disposed; grouty [U.S.]; in an ill temper, in a bad temper, in a shocking temper, in an ill humor, in a bad humor, in a shocking humor; out of temper, out of humor; knaggy^†, torvous^†, crusty, crabbed; sour, sour as a crab; surly etc. (discourteous) 895.    moody; spleenish^†, spleenly^†; splenetic, cankered.    cross, crossgrained^†; perverse, wayward, humorsome^†; restiff^†, restive; cantankerous, intractable, exceptious^†, sinistrous^†, deaf to reason, unaccommodating, rusty, froward; cussed [U.S.].    dogged etc. (stubborn) 606.    grumpy, glum, grim, grum^†, morose, frumpish; in the sulks etc. n.; out of sorts; scowling, glowering, growling; grouchy.    peevish etc. (irascible) 901.    ... show more

Roget 895: discourteous, uncourteous^†; uncourtly^†; ill-bred, ill-mannered, ill-behaved, ill-conditioned; unbred; unmannerly, unmannered; impolite, unpolite^†; unpolished, uncivilized, ungenteel; ungentleman-like, ungentlemanly; unladylike; blackguard; vulgar etc. 851; dedecorous^†; foul-mouthed foul-spoken; abusive.    uncivil, ungracious, unceremonious; cool; pert, forward, obtrusive, impudent, rude, saucy, precocious.    repulsive; uncomplaisant^†, unaccommodating, unneighborly, ungallant; inaffable^†; ungentle, ungainly; rough, rugged, bluff, blunt, gruff; churlish, boorish, bearish; brutal, brusque; stern, harsh, austere; cavalier.    taint, sour, crabbed, sharp, short, trenchant, sarcastic, biting, doggish, caustic, virulent, bitter, acrimonious, venomous, contumelious; snarling etc. v.; surly, surly as a bear; perverse; grim, sullen etc. 901.1; peevish etc. (irascible) 901.    untactful, impolitic, undiplomatic; artless etc. 703; ... show more

Roget 571: obscure etc. n.; crabbed, involved, confused.   

Roget 397: sour; acid, acidulous, acidulated; tart, crabbed; acetous, acetose^†; acerb, acetic; sour as vinegar, sourish, acescent^†, subacid [Chem]; styptic, hard, rough.    ... show more

Roget 704: difficult, not easy, hard, tough; troublesome, toilsome, irksome; operose^†, laborious, onerous, arduous, Herculean, formidable; sooner said than done; more easily said than done, easier said than done.    difficult to deal with, hard to deal with; ill-conditioned, crabbed, crabby; not to be handled with kid gloves, not made with rose water.    awkward, unwieldy, unmanageable; intractable, stubborn etc. (obstinate) 606; perverse, refractory, plaguy^†, trying, thorny, rugged; knotted, knotty; invious^†; pathless, trackless; labyrinthine etc. (convoluted) 248; intricate, complicated etc. (tangled) 59; impracticable etc. (impossible) 471; not feasible etc. 470; desperate etc. (hopeless) 859.    embarrassing, perplexing etc. (uncertain) 475; delicate, ticklish, critical; beset with difficulties, full of difficulties, surrounded by difficulties, entangled by difficulties, encompassed with difficulties.    under a difficulty; in a box; in difficulty, in hot water, in the suds, in a cleft stick, in a fix, in the wrong box, in a scrape etc. n., in deep water, in a fine pickle; in extremis; between two stools, between Scylla and Charybdis; surrounded by shoals, surrounded by breakers, surrounded by quicksands; at cross purposes; not out of the wood.    reduced to straits; hard pressed, sorely pressed; run hard; pinched, put to it, straitened; hard up, hard put to it, hard set; put to one's shifts; puzzled, at a loss, etc. (uncertain) 475; at the end of one's tether, at the end of one's rope, at one's wit's end, at a nonplus, at a standstill; graveled, nonplused, nonplussed, stranded, aground; stuck fast, set fast; up a tree, at bay, aux abois [Fr.], driven into a corner, driven from pillar to post, driven to extremity, driven to one's wit's end, driven to the wall; au bout de son Latin; out of one's depth; thrown out.    accomplished with difficulty; hard-fought, hard-earned.    ... show more

Decapod having eyes on short stalks and a broad flattened carapace with a small abdomen folded under the thorax and pincers.

Roget 397: sourness etc. adj.; acid, acidity, low pH; acetous fermentation, lactic fermentation.    vinegar, verjuice^†, crab, alum; acetic acid, lactic acid.    ... show more

Roget 704: difficulty; hardness etc. adj.; impracticability etc. (impossibility) 471; tough work, hard work, uphill work; hard task, Herculean task, Augean task^†; task of Sisyphus, Sisyphean labor, tough job, teaser, rasper^†, dead lift.    dilemma, embarrassment; deadlock; perplexity etc. (uncertainty) 475; intricacy; entanglement, complexity etc. 59; cross fire; awkwardness, delicacy, ticklish card to play, knot, Gordian knot, dignus vindice nodus [Lat.], net, meshes, maze; coil etc. (convolution) 248; crooked path; involvement.    nice point, delicate point, subtle point, knotty point; vexed question, vexata quaestio [Lat.], poser; puzzle etc. (riddle) 533; paradox; hard nut to crack, nut to crack; bone to pick, crux, pons asinorum [Lat.], where the shoe pinches.    nonplus, quandary, strait, pass, pinch, pretty pass, stress, brunt; critical situation, crisis; trial, rub, emergency, exigency, scramble.    scrape, hobble, slough, quagmire, hot water, hornet's nest; sea of troubles, peck of troubles; pretty kettle of fish; pickle, stew, imbroglio, mess, ado; false position.    set fast, stand, standstill; deadlock, dead set.    fix, horns of a dilemma, cul de sac [Fr.]; hitch; stumbling block etc. (hindrance) 706.    [difficult person] crab; curmudgeon.    ... show more

Dutch: krab
Polish: krab

A quarrelsome grouch.

synonym: crabby person.

Dutch: azijnpisser, chagrijn, galbak, kniezer, kribbebijter, kribbenbijter, netenkop, nijdas, nurks, sacherijn, zuurpruim ... show more
Polish: kłótnik

astrology A person who is born while the sun is in Cancer.

synonym: Cancer.

Polish: rak

The fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22.

synonyms: Cancer, Cancer the Crab.

Dutch: Kreeft
Polish: Rak

The edible flesh of any of various crabs.

synonym: crabmeat.

A louse that infests the pubic region of the human body.

synonyms: crab louse, Phthirius pubis, pubic louse.

Polish: menda, wesz łonowa, mendoweszka

A stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply.

Direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind.

Scurry sideways like a crab.

Fish for crab.

Complain.

synonyms: beef, bellyache, bitch, gripe, grouse, holler, squawk.

Dutch: roepen, flauw doen