crabbedness

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{n} sourness, crossness, a difficulty
The state or quality of being crabbed
{i} grouchiness; stubbornness, obstinateness; obscurity, vagueness
crabbed
Simple past tense and past participle of crab
crabbed
Crowded together and difficult to read
crabbed
{a} peevishly, sourly, morosely
crabbed
perversely irritable
crabbed
Bad-tempered or cantankerous
crabbed
Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; applied to feelings, disposition, or manners
crabbed
Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting
crabbed
Cramped, bent
crabbed
{s} irritable, grouchy; hard to understand; illegible
crabbed
Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; applied to things; as, a crabbed taste
crabbed
past of crab
crabbed
Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author
crabbed
writing which is crabbed is small, untidy, and difficult to read (CRAB; later influenced by crab apple)
crabbedness

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    crab·bed·ness

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    Etymologie

    [ 'kra-b&d ] (adjective.) 14th century. Middle English, partly from crabbe 1crab, partly from crabbe crab apple.
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