crabbed
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.crab·bed
adjective \ˈkra-bəd\Definition of CRABBED
1
: marked by a forbidding moroseness <a crabbed view of human nature>
2
: difficult to read or understand <crabbed handwriting>
— crab·bed·ness noun
See Origin of CRABBED
Middle English, partly from crabbe crustacean, partly from crabbe crab apple
First Known Use: 14th century
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