crabbed[adjective]Synonyms: sullen, chuff, chuffy, dour, gloomy, glum, morose, saturnine, sulky, surly
Contrasted words: amiable, complaisant, good-natured, obliging, benign, benignant, kind, kindly, agreeable, pleasing, affable, genial, gracious
Related Words: blunt,
brusque,
crusty,
gruff,
choleric,
cranky,
splenetic,
testy,
huffy,
irascible,
irritable,
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crab‧bed /ˈkræbəd, ˈkræbɪd/
adjective[
Date: 1200-1300;
Origin: ⇒ crab; later influenced by crab apple]
literary writing which is crabbed is small, untidy, and difficult to read
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