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Definition of crabbed adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

crabbed

adjective
 
/ˈkræbɪd/,
 
/kræbd/
 
/ˈkræbɪd/,
 
/kræbd/
(literary)
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  1. (of somebody’s writing) small and difficult to read
  2. (also informal crabby)
     (of people) angry and unpleasant
    3. Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘perverse, wayward’): from crab, because of the crab's sideways gait and habit of snapping.
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