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Crabby vs Drabby - What's the difference?

crabby | drabby |

As adjectives the difference between crabby and drabby

is that crabby is visibly irritated or annoyed; grouchy, irritable, in a foul mood; given to complaining or finding fault in an annoyed way while drabby is pale, lacking color.

crabby

English

Adjective

(er)
  • visibly irritated or annoyed; grouchy, irritable, in a foul mood; given to complaining or finding fault in an annoyed way.
  • crabbed; difficult, or perplexing.

    • Derived terms

    * crabbily * crabbiness * crab

    drabby

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • pale, lacking color.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1889, author=Allan O. Hume, title=The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The ground-colour is a pale drabby stone-colour, and all about the large end is a broad dense zone of dull brownish purple. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1921, author=William Patterson White, title=The Heart of the Range, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Oh, there was no warmth in the sunlight, and the sky was a drabby gray, and he was filled with bitterness unutterable. " }}