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(krab′id)

adjective

peevish; morose; cross
hard to understand because intricate or complicated
hard to read or make out because cramped or irregular: crabbed handwriting

Origin: < crab, infl. by crab

Related Forms:

crabbedly adverb
crabbedness noun

See crabbed in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Irritable and perverse in disposition; ill-tempered.
Difficult to understand; complicated.
Difficult to read; cramped: crabbed handwriting.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from crabbe, crab (influenced by crab²); see Crab ¹

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Related Forms:

crabˈbed·ly adverb

crabˈbed·ness noun

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