Main Entry: crab·bed

Pronunciation: \ˈkra-bəd\

Function: adjective

Etymology: Middle English, partly from crabbe crustacean, partly from crabbe crab apple

Date: 14th century

1 : marked by a forbidding moroseness <a crabbed view of human nature>
2 : difficult to read or understand <crabbed handwriting>

synonyms see sullen

— crab·bed·ness noun