crabbed
crabbed is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste.
- 2.Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author. "Crabbed eloquence." Chaucer. How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose. Milton.
- 3.Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting. -- Crab"bed*ly, adv. -- Crab"bed*ness, n.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- acerb
- acescent
- acetic
- acetose
- acetous
- acid
- acidify
- acidity
- acidulate
- acidulous
- alum
- ambiguity
- call
- crab
- darkness
- edge
- fermentation
- hard
- inexactness
- involution
- involved
- lactic
- lemon
- low
- meaning
- neologism
- obscure
- obscurity
- render
- rough
- set
- sour
- sourish
- sourness
- styptic
- subacid
- tart
- teeth
- the
- turn
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is crabbed.
- What is characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste called?
- What is obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author. "Crabbed eloquence." Chaucer. How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose. Milton called?
- What is cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting. -- Crab"bed*ly, adv. -- Crab"bed*ness, n called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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