The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CRAB , but the solution may also be GRUMP which is one of the most recent solution (2022 in Wall Street Journal).
Sourpuss crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
---|---|---|
CRAB | 46 % | 4 |
GRUMP | 19 % | 5 |
PILL | 19 % | 4 |
PRUNE | 5 % | 5 |
GLOOMYGUS | 5 % | 9 |
CURMUDGEON | 3 % | 10 |
CRANK | 3 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sourpuss
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- gloomy gus
- picklepuss
- grump
- grouch
- crab
- curmudgeon
- grouchy
- whiner
- scowl
- fussbudget
- grumbler
- fusspot
Crossword Answer definitions
CRAB noun- A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having five pairs of legs, the foremost of which are in the form of claws, and a carapace.
- The meat of this crustacean, served as food; crabmeat
- A bad-tempered person.
- (in plural crabs) An infestation of pubic lice (Pthirus pubis).
- A playing card with the rank of three.
- A position in rowing where the oar is pushed under the rigger by the force of the water.
- A defect in an outwardly normal object that may render it inconvenient and troublesome to use.
- An unsold book that is returned to the publisher.
- To fish for crabs.
- To ruin.
- To complain.
- To drift or move sideways or to leeward (by analogy with the movement of a crab).
- To navigate (an aircraft, e.g. a glider) sideways against an air current in order to maintain a straight-line course.
- To move (a camera) sideways.
- (World War I), to fly slightly off the straight-line course towards an enemy aircraft, as the machine guns on early aircraft did not allow firing through the propeller disk.
- To back out of something.
- The crab apple or wild apple.
- The tree bearing crab apples, which has a dogbane-like bitter bark with medical use.
- A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick.
- A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc.
- A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc.
- A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn.
- A claw for anchoring a portable machine.
- (obsolete) To irritate, make surly or sour
- To be ill-tempered; to complain or find fault.
- (British dialect) To cudgel or beat, as with a crabstick
- The tree species Carapa guianensis, native to South America.
- Short for carabiner.
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 CRAB
- Blue, stone or fiddler
- Complain, needlessly
- Grumpy person
- Bellyache
- Fiddler, for one
- Grouch
- Grump
- Grumpy one
- Curmudgeon
- Tasty cake?
More clues leading to the result GRUMP
- Complainer
- Chronic complainer
- Constant complainer
- Sourpuss
- Crotchety one
- Curmudgeon
- Crotchety sort
- Grouchy guy
- Crabby sort
- Grouchy one
More clues leading to the result PILL
- Pain
- Pharmacy staple
- Medicant
- Tablet
- Vitamin unit
- Pain?
- One may be bitter
- Annoying one
- Wet blanket
- Ill-humored sort
More clues leading to the result PRUNE
- Cut back
- Do a gardening job
- Trim a limb
- Do some topiary
- Cut back in the garden
- Trim
- Trim greenery
- Stewed fruit
- Former plum?
- Kind of whip
More clues leading to the result GLOOMYGUS
- Optimist's opposite
- Pessimist
- Worrywart
- Dour sort
- Sourpuss
- Habitually sullen sort
- Debbie Downer's partner?
More clues leading to the result CURMUDGEON
- Cantankerous type
- Ickes' description of himself.
- Cantankerous fellow.
- Cousin of a crosspatch.
- Miser, old style.
- Sourpuss.
- Cranky person