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crabbedly

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crab⋅bed

  [krab-id]
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–adjective
1. grouchy; ill-natured; irritable; churlish.
2. perverse; contrary; obstinate.
3. hard to understand; intricate and obscure.
4. difficult to read or decipher, as handwriting.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME; see crab 1 , -ed 3

Related forms:
crab⋅bed⋅ly, adverb
crab⋅bed⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. cross, peevish, cantankerous.
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crab·bed   (krāb'ĭd)   
adj.  

  1. Irritable and perverse in disposition; ill-tempered.

  2. Difficult to understand; complicated.

  3. Difficult to read; cramped: crabbed handwriting.


[Middle English, from crabbe, crab (influenced by crab2); see crab1.]
crab'bed·ly adv., crab'bed·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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