crabbed

Adjective

Synonyms: crabby cross fussy grouchy grumpy bad-tempered ill-tempered

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

annoyed and irritableSynonyms: crabby cross fussy grouchy grumpy bad-tempered ill-tempered

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Crabbed \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. [1913 Webster]

Crabbed age and youth can not live together.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

2.Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste. [1913 Webster]

3.Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author. "Crabbed eloquence." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

4.Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting. -- Crab"bed*ly, adv. -- Crab"bed*ness, n. [1913 Webster]