CRABBED
\kɹˈabd], \kɹˈabd], \k_ɹ_ˈa_b_d]\
Definitions of CRABBED
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners.
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Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author.
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Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Crabbedly.
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Crabbedness.
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Ill-natured: peevish: harsh: rough: difficult, perplexing.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Peevish; cross; morose; perplexing.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Thomas Sheridan
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