Definitions for crabbed
ˈkræb ɪdcrabbed

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-temperedadjective

   annoyed and irritable

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. crabbedadjective

   Bad-tempered or cantankerous.

2. crabbedadjective

   Cramped, bent.

3. crabbedadjective

   Crowded together and difficult to read.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Crabbedadjective

   Etymology: from crab.

   1. Peevish; morose; cynical; sour.

   A man of years, yet fresh, as mote appear,
   Of swarth complexion, and of crabbed hue,
   That him full of melancholy did shew. Fairy Queen, b. ii.

   O, she is
   Ten times more gentle, than her father’s crabbed;
   And he’s compos’d of harshness. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

   2. Harsh; unpleasing.

   That was when
   Three crabbed months had sour’d themselves to death,
   ’Ere I could make thee open thy white hand,
   And clepe thyself my love. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

   How charming is divine philosophy!
   Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose,
   But musical as is Apollo’s lute,
   And a perpetual feast of nectar’d sweets,
   Where no crude surfeit reigns. John Milton.

   Lucretius had chosen a subject naturally crabbed. Dryden.

   3. Difficult; perplexing.

   Beside, he was a shrewd philosopher,
   And had read ev’ry text and gloss over;
   Whate’er the crabbed’st author hath,
   He understood b’ implicit faith. Hudibras, p. i. cant. 1.

   Your crabbed rogues that read Lucretius,
   Are against gods, you know, and teach us,
   The god makes not the poet. Matthew Prior.

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1. crabbed

   Crabbed refers to something written in a small, difficult-to-read or stylized handwriting. It can also refer to a person or behavior that is ill-tempered, irritable, or complicated.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Crabbednoun

   characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners

2. Crabbednoun

   characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste

3. Crabbednoun

   obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author

4. Crabbednoun

   cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting

5. Etymology: [See Crab,n.]

How to pronounce crabbed?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say crabbed in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of crabbed in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of crabbed in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of crabbed in a Sentence

1. Dylan Thomas:

   From my point of view the worst thing would be for it to end up in the hands of a private collector who locks it up in a bank vault for 50 years, it was hard to keep my hands off it -- I just want to pore through it, to be able to read every word in his crabbed, backwards-sloping hand -- it is such a covetable object.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=crabbed
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Crabbed
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=crabbed
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crabbed