Definition of Crabbed

1. Adjective. Annoyed and irritable.


Definition of Crabbed

1. a. Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners.

Definition of Crabbed

1. Adjective. Bad-tempered or cantankerous. ¹

2. Adjective. Cramped, bent. ¹

3. Adjective. (context: of handwriting) Crowded together and difficult to read. ¹

4. Verb. (past of crab) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crabbed

1. crab [v] - See also: crab

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crabbed

crab canons
crab cocktail
crab hand
crab legs
crab lice
crab mentality
crab plover
crab spider
crab spiders
crab yaws
crabapple
crabapple jelly
crabapples
crabbed (current term)
crabbedly
crabbedness
crabbednesses
crabber
crabbers
crabbier
crabbiest
crabbily
crabbiness
crabbing
crabbish
crabbit
crabburger
crabby

Literary usage of Crabbed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"In E. the word, most familiar in the form crabbed, has long been associated with craft2, a sour apple, crabbed being ..."

2. English Poems by Walter Cochrane Bronson (1909)
"ANONYMOUS crabbed AGE AND YOUTH 1599- crabbed Age and Youth cannot live together: Youth is full of pleasance, Age is full of care; Youth like summer morn, ..."

3. English Prose and Verse from Beowulf to Stevenson by Henry Spackman Pancoast (1915)
"crabbed AGE AND YOUTH (From The Passionate Pilgrim, pub. 1599) crabbed age and youth Cannot live together; Youth is full of pleasance; ..."

4. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by Robert ed Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt (1874)
"STUDIOSO. rsa Where'er we toss upon this crabbed stage, Griefs our companion ; patience be our page. ..."

5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"In E. the word, most familiar in the form crabbed, has long been associated with craft2, a sour apple, crabbed being ..."

6. English Poems by Walter Cochrane Bronson (1909)
"ANONYMOUS crabbed AGE AND YOUTH 1599- crabbed Age and Youth cannot live together: Youth is full of pleasance, Age is full of care; Youth like summer morn, ..."

7. English Prose and Verse from Beowulf to Stevenson by Henry Spackman Pancoast (1915)
"crabbed AGE AND YOUTH (From The Passionate Pilgrim, pub. 1599) crabbed age and youth Cannot live together; Youth is full of pleasance; ..."

8. A Select Collection of Old English Plays by Robert ed Dodsley, William Carew Hazlitt (1874)
"STUDIOSO. rsa Where'er we toss upon this crabbed stage, Griefs our companion ; patience be our page. ..."

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