1
: difficult to read or understand
crabbed handwriting
2
: very negative : full of unhappy ideas
Her crabbed [=morose] view of human nature makes it hard for her to trust people.
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“Crabbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Simple Definition, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/simple/crabbed. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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