Synonyms of crabbing

crabbing

verb

present participle of crab

1

as in complaining

to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely

their two-year-old whined and crabbed for the whole car trip

Synonyms & Similar Words

• complaining
• screaming
• whining
• moaning
• muttering
• bitching
• kicking
• growling
• grumbling
• bellyaching
• grouching
• squealing
• hollering
• carping
• grumping
• whingeing
• griping
• whimpering
• worrying
• squawking
• grousing
• kvetching
• grizzling
• repining
• crying
• yawping
• yammering
• whinging
• beefing
• yowling
• caterwauling
• nagging
• murmuring
• wailing
• bleating
• inveighing
• keening
• kicking up a fuss
• fussing
• kicking up a stink
• yauping
• protesting
• maundering
• croaking
• quarrelling (with)
• quarreling (with)
• objecting (to)
• sobbing
• cavilling
• stewing
• caviling
• quibbling
• fretting
• blubbering
• lamenting
• deploring
• bemoaning
• bewailing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rejoicing
• taking
• delighting
• enduring
• accepting
• crowing
• tolerating
• bearing
• cheering
• countenancing
• applauding
• commending

2

as in damaging

to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of

crabbed the blossoming romance by becoming moody and demanding

Synonyms & Similar Words

• damaging
• marring
• injuring
• hurting
• crippling
• compromising
• spoiling
• breaking
• eroding
• weakening
• harming
• impairing
• crossing (up)
• destroying
• undermining
• ruining
• defacing
• disfiguring
• bloodying
• flawing
• battering
• deteriorating
• endamaging
• blemishing
• vitiating
• wearing (away)
• scouring
• wrecking
• shattering
• wounding
• demolishing
• washing out
• torturing
• enervating
• blighting
• smashing
• enfeebling
• wasting
• tormenting
• denting
• tarnishing
• crushing
• maiming
• devastating
• bashing
• dinging
• disabling
• tearing down
• wiping out
• gumming (up)
• botching
• mangling
• mutilating
• dashing
• hamstringing
• pulverizing
• laming
• decimating
• totaling
• dinting
• scourging
• lacerating
• annihilating
• queering
• totalling
• doing in
• razing
• clobbering
• banging up
• desolating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• repairing
• fixing
• rebuilding
• patching
• curing
• reconstructing
• mending
• renovating
• helping
• healing
• reconditioning
• revamping
• rehabilitating
• doctoring
• rectifying
• remedying
• remodeling
• improving
• revising
• editing
• perfecting
• refining
• enhancing
• ameliorating
• enriching
• bettering
• meliorating