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Definition of Crabbed
1. Adjective. Annoyed and irritable.
Similar to: Ill-natured
Derivative terms: Crabbedness, Crab, Crabbiness, Crossness, Fussiness, Grouch, Grump, Grumpiness
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
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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