crabbed : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: crabbed	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for crabbed
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crabbed adj annoyed and irritable [syn: crabbed, crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill- tempered]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crabbed \Crab"bed\ (kr?b"b?d), a. [See {Crab},n.] 1. Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners. Crabbed age and youth can not live together. --Shak. 2. Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste. 3. Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author. [bd]Crabbed eloquence.[b8] --Chaucer. How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose. --Milton. 4. Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting. -- {Crab"bedly}, adv. -- {Crab"bedness}, n.