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Crabbed

Crabbed Meaning & Definition
Crabbed Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Crabbed?

[adj] perversely irritable

Synonyms | Synonyms for Crabbed: bad-tempered | crabby | cross | fussy | grouchy | grumpy | ill-natured | ill-tempered

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Crabbed In Webster's Dictionary

\Crab"bed\ (kr?b"b?d), a. [See {Crab},n.] 1. Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners. Crabbed age and youth can not live together. --Shak. 2. Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste. 3. Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author. ``Crabbed eloquence.'' --Chaucer. How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose. --Milton. 4. Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting. -- {Crab"bed*ly}, adv. -- {Crab"bed*ness}, n.

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