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crabbed

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crab·bed  (krbd)
adj.
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.]
crabbed·ly adv.
crabbed·ness n.
crabbed [ˈkræbɪd]
adj
1. surly; irritable; perverse
2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (esp of handwriting) cramped and hard to decipher
[probably from crab1 (from its wayward gait), influenced by crab(apple) (from its tartness)]
crabbedly  adv
crabbedness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.crabbed - annoyed and irritable
fussy, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, bad-tempered, crabby, cross
ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
Translations
crabbed [ˈkræbd] ADJ
1. [writing] → apretado, indescifrable
2. [mood] → malhumorado, hosco
crabbed
adj
= crabby
handwriting → kritzelig, unleserlich


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And in the middle of the room stood table, on which, besides printed volumes, were strewn manuscript sermons, historical tracts, and political pamphlets, all written in such a queer, blind, crabbed, fantastical hand, that a writing-master would have gone raving mad at the sight of them.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
"Don't worry about me," said Jack, smiling pleasantly upon the crabbed ferryman; "I'm sure I ought to float beautifully.
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The form taken by your aunt's delirium--I mean the apparent tendency of the words that escape her in that state--seems to excite some incomprehensible feeling in the mind of her crabbed servant.
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