Crabbedness

/kræbɪdnəs/ noun

Definition

The quality or state of being crabbed, grumpy, or difficult.

Etymology

Noun form created by adding the -ness suffix to the adjective 'crabbed,' a productive suffix in English for creating abstract nouns from descriptive adjectives.

Kelly Says

The suffix -ness is one of English's most ancient tools for turning qualities into nouns—it shows how thousands of years ago, English developed efficient ways to talk about abstract concepts.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
መንፈሳዊ ነፍስ
men-fe-sa-wi nef-is
ARالعربية
قسوة
qaswa
BNবাংলা
অসন্তোষ
os-an-to-sh
CACatalà
agressivitat
a-gres-si-vi-tat
CSČeština
pýcha
pycha
DADansk
snæverhed
snae-ver-hed
DEDeutsch
Kränklichkeit
kʀaŋklɪçkaɪt
ELΕλληνικά
κακεντρία
ka-ken-tri-a
ESEspañol
agobiante
a-go-byen-te
FAفارسی
خشم
khashm
FISuomi
raivostuminen
raiv-os-tu-mi-ne
FRFrançais
rabougrissement
ra-boo-gris-mã
GUGU
કચરો
kach-ro
HAHA
kya
kya
HEעברית
קמצנות
kam-tzu-nat
HIहिन्दी
कर्कशता
kar-kash-ta
HUMagyar
zavarba
za-var-ba
IDBahasa Indonesia
kesal
ke-sal
IGIG
nwata
nwa-ta
ITItaliano
malinconia
mal-kon-cho-nya
JA日本語
ひねくれ者
hine-kure-sha
KKKK
қасірет
qa-si-ret
KMKM
ស្លាប់
s-la-ap
KO한국어
억울함
eok-ul-ham
MRMR
अडिगता
a-dig-ta
MSBahasa Melayu
ketamakan
ke-ta-ma-kan
MYမြန်မာ
ကြောင့်
kya-ng-ht
NLNederlands
geprikkeldheid
ge-prik-kel-deit
NONorsk
krøllhet
kroel-het
PAPA
ਅੰਧ
an-dh
PLPolski
zaborczość
za-bor-cho-szz
PTPortuguês
agressividade
a-gres-si-vi-da-de
RORomână
mustrâ
must-ra
RUРусский
занудство
za-noodt-vo
SVSvenska
kränkande
kran-kan-de
SWKiswahili
chuki
chu-ki
TAதமிழ்
கோபம்
go-pam
TEతెలుగు
అసంతృప్తి
a-san-tru-p-ti
THไทย
ใจแคบ
jai kap
TLTL
pag-aagawan
pa-ga-a-gaw-an
TRTürkçe
kıskançlık
kis-kan-ç-lık
UKУкраїнська
занудство
za-noodt-vo
URاردو
خُردی
kho-ree
VITiếng Việt
khư khư
khoo khoo
YOYO
àwọn
aw-on
ZH中文
刻薄
kè bó
ZUZU
ukubambana
u-ku-bam-ba-na

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