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adjective
- 1. (of handwriting) very small and difficult to decipher: "his handwriting is crabbed and hideous" Similar Opposite
- 2. bad-tempered: "a crabbed, unhappy middle age" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of CRABBED is marked by a forbidding moroseness. How to use crabbed in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Crabbed.
CRABBED definition: 1. Crabbed writing is written too closely together and therefore difficult to read. 2. Crabbed…. Learn more.
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.
Crabbed definition: grouchy; ill-natured; irritable; churlish. . See examples of CRABBED used in a sentence.
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....
noun. Word origin. C13: probably from crab1 (from its wayward gait), influenced by crab ( apple) (from its tartness) Word Frequency. crabbed in American English. (ˈkræbɪd ) adjective. 1. peevish; morose; cross. 2. hard to understand because intricate or complicated. 3. hard to read or make out because cramped or irregular. crabbed handwriting.
Hard to read or make out because cramped or irregular. Crabbed handwriting. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: mummylike. papery-skinned. fussy. ill-tempered. grumpy. crabby. bad-tempered. cross. grouchy. mean. waspish. ugly. testy.
Definitions of 'crabbed' 1. peevish; morose; cross. [...] 2. hard to understand because intricate or complicated. [...] 3. hard to read or make out because cramped or irregular. [...] More. Synonyms of 'crabbed' • unreadable, laboured, squeezed, awkward [...] • bad-tempered, trying, difficult, cross [...] More. Examples of 'crabbed' in a sentence.
Definition of crabbed adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
n. Invertebrates [ countable] a sea animal, a crustacean having a wide, flattened body and five pairs of legs, the front legs being the largest and having claws. Invertebrates [ uncountable] the flesh of the crab.
