crabbed
- crabbed
- (n.) Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners.
- (n.) Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste.
- (n.) Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author.
- (n.) Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting.