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   crabbed

   /ˈkrabɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. (of handwriting) very small and difficult to decipher: "his handwriting is crabbed and hideous" Similar crampedbadshakyscribbledspiderylabouredillegibleunreadableindecipherableOpposite boldclear
   • ▪ (of style) contorted and difficult to understand: "crabbed legal language"
   • 2. bad-tempered: "a crabbed, unhappy middle age" Similar irritablefractiousfretfulcrosspetulantpettishcrabbycrotchetycantankerouscurmudgeonlydisagreeablemiserablemorosepepperyon edgeedgyimpatientcomplainingquerulousbittermoodyin a bad moodgrumpyhuffyscratchyout of sortsout of temperill-temperedbad-temperedill-naturedill-humouredpeevishsullensurlysulkysourchurlishtouchytestytetchysnappishwaspishpricklycrustybiliousliverishdyspepticspleneticcholericinformal:snappychippygrouchycrankynarkyrattyeggywhingywhingeinglike a bear with a sore headsoreheadsoreheadedpeckishsnakydated:miffyOpposite sweet-naturedeasy-goingcharming

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘perverse, wayward’): from crab1, because of the crab's sideways gait and habit of snapping.

   Derivatives

   • 1. crabbedly adverb
   • 2. crabbedness noun

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   What does crabbed mean?

   • CRABBED definition: 1. Crabbed writing is written too closely together and therefore difficult to read. 2. Crabbed…. Learn more.

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   What does crab mean in English?

   • 1. Irritable and perverse in disposition; ill-tempered. 2. Difficult to understand; complicated. 3. Difficult to read; cramped: crabbed handwriting. [Middle English, from crabbe, crab (influenced by crab); see crab1.] crab′bed·ness n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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   What does cribbed mean?

   • Define cribbed. cribbed synonyms, cribbed pronunciation, cribbed translation, English dictionary definition of cribbed. n. 1. A bed with high sides for a young child or baby. 2. a. A small building, usually with slatted sides, for storing corn. b. A rack or trough for fodder;...

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   What does crabbed writing mean?

   • Blunt, crabbed writing suggests obstinacy and a selfish love of power, without thought for the feelings of others. Grant I have mastered learning's crabbed text, Still there's the comment. Pray sit down, Mr. Newton—taking a chair as she spoke, while she read the small, crabbed, tremulous characters written on the page presented to her.

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   What does Crabb mean?

   • Crabb means: [1] To let slip [LET (1), v., f 19.] [2] To slip a cable: [CABLE, s., H 11.] [3] To flip collar: [COLLAR, s., III. 2.] [4] To slip off: To take off quietly, noise-lessly, or hastily : as. To slip off one's clothes.

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   What is the difference between crabbed and Crabby?

   • The word is used less often than its synonym crabby, but the meaning of crabbed is just as easy to understand: if you were covered in sand all day, you’d probably feel crabbed too! "Crabbed."

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   Crabbed means written too closely together and difficult to read. It can also describe a style of writing that is blunt, selfish, or narrow-minded. See how to use crabbed in sentences and translations.

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     CRABBED meaning: 1. Crabbed writing is written too closely...

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   • Crabbed in Simplified Chinese

     CRABBED translate: （字迹）潦草的，难认的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

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     CRABBED translate: （字跡）潦草的，難認的. Learn more in the Cambridge...

   • Crab Apple

     CRAB APPLE definition: 1. the small, sour fruit of a small...

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   Crabbed means grouchy, ill-natured, irritable, or churlish. It can also describe handwriting that is hard to read or decipher. See the origin, synonyms, and usage of crabbed in sentences.

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   Crabbed means marked by a forbidding moroseness or difficult to read or understand. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history and etymology of crabbed from Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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   Crabbed means surly, irritable, perverse, or hard to understand or read. It comes from the word crab, which has a wayward gait or a tart taste. See examples, derived forms, and related terms.

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   Define crabbed. crabbed synonyms, crabbed pronunciation, crabbed translation, English dictionary definition of crabbed. adj. 1. Irritable and perverse in disposition; ill-tempered. 2. Difficult to understand; complicated. 3. Difficult to read; cramped: crabbed handwriting....

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   Crabbed describes someone who is grumpy, or irritable, or has a generally crotchety attitude. The word crabbed originally meant “resembling a crab” and also takes part of its meaning from the sour-tasting crab apple.

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   Learn the meaning of crabbed as an adjective and a verb, with synonyms, sentences and origin. Crabbed can mean irritable, peevish, hard to understand or read, or complaining.