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crabbed definition

crab·bed (krab′id)

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

Etymology: < crab, infl. by crab

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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