Crabbed

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Irritable and perverse in disposition; ill-tempered.
  • adj. Difficult to understand; complicated.
  • adj. Difficult to read; cramped: crabbed handwriting.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Bad-tempered or cantankerous.
  • adj. Cramped, bent.
  • adj. Crowded together and difficult to read.
  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of crab.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners.
  • adj. Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things.
  • adj. Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying.
  • adj. Cramped; irregular.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Sour or harsh to the taste.
  • Perverse; cross; peevish; morose; springing from a sour temper or character: as, a crabbed man.
  • Difficult; perplexing; uninviting: as, a crabbed author or subject.
  • Very intricate or irregular; difficult to decipher or understand: as, crabbed handwriting; crabbed characters.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. annoyed and irritable
  • Equivalent
    Cross Reference
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    harsh    cross    cynical    unpleasant    obscure    difficult    perplexing    trying    cramped    irregular   
    Verb Stem
    crab   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    grabbed    jabbed    nabbed    stabbed   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    morose    unamiable    cantankerous    ill-tempered    ill-natured    churlish    peevish    unsociable    surly    choleric