The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GRIPE , but the solution may also be FUSS which is one of the most recent solution (2015 in Universal uClick).
Be crabby crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| GRIPE | 40 % | 5 |
| FUSS | 20 % | 4 |
| SIDLE | 20 % | 5 |
| GROUSE | 20 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Be crabby
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- grouchy
- irritable
- cranky
- bad-tempered
- bilious
- cross
- edgy
- bile
- surly
- crank
- iterative
- sour
Crossword Answer definitions
GRIPE noun- A complaint, often a petty or trivial one.
- A wire rope, often used on davits and other life raft launching systems.
- Grasp; clutch; grip
- That which is grasped; a handle; a grip.
- A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel.
- Oppression; cruel exaction; affliction; pinching distress.
- (chiefly in the plural) Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines.
- The piece of timber that terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot.
- The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind.
- An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted.
- A vulture, Gyps fulvus; the griffin.
- To complain; to whine.
- To annoy or bother.
- To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing close-hauled, requires constant labour at the helm.
- To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances.
- To suffer griping pains.
- To make a grab (to, towards, at or upon something).
- To seize or grasp.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result GRIPE
- Bellyache
- Beef
- Complain
- Have beefs
- Complain ceaselessly
- Carp
- Be a complainer
- Bone to pick
- Act curmudgeonly
- Kvetch
More clues leading to the result FUSS
- Act the mother hen
- Bustle
- Nag
- Be finicky
- Sort of budget?
- Needless activity
- Complain about trifles
- Ado
- Play the mother hen
- Bellyache
More clues leading to the result SIDLE
- Move crablike
- Move coyly
- Walk laterally
- Advance furtively
- Move like a crab
- Move edgewise
- Go laterally
- Move furtively
- Move obliquely
- Move laterally