"crabbish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more crabbish [comparative], most crabbish [superlative]
Etymology: crab + -ish Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|crab|ish}} crab + -ish Head templates: {{en-adj}} crabbish (comparative more crabbish, superlative most crabbish)
  1. Somewhat sour or cross; crabby.
    Sense id: en-crabbish-en-adj-Yw80kgFN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ish: 100 0
  2. crablike; resembling a crab, or crab
    Sense id: en-crabbish-en-adj-QKYCOWyr

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