- 1. n. Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners. Source: opted
- 2. n. Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste. Source: opted
- 3. n. Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author. Source: opted
- 4. n. Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting. Source: opted
- 5. adj. annoyed and irritable Source: wordnet
- 6. 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. Source: webster
- 7. j:100 s. annoyed and irritable Source: ecdict
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