crabbed
AdjectiveUS[krabd]/kræbd/1 syllable
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- annoyed and irritableSynonyms: crabbycrossfussygrouchygrumpybad-temperedill-temperedOpposite good-naturedSimilar ill-natured
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Crab′bed (kr?b′b?d), adjective
Origin: See Crab,noun
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.— William Shakespeare
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.” Geoffrey Chaucer
How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose.— John Milton
4. Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting.
— Crab′wb-a1′>′bed·ly, adverb — Crab′wb-a1′>′bed·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54