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- [krab-id]
- /ˈkræb ɪd/
- /kræbd/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [krab-id]
- /ˈkræb ɪd/
Definitions of crabbed word
- adjective crabbed surly; irritable; perverse 3
- adjective crabbed (esp of handwriting) cramped and hard to decipher 3
- adjective crabbed peevish; morose; cross 3
- adjective crabbed hard to understand because intricate or complicated 3
- adjective crabbed hard to read or make out because cramped or irregular 3
- adjective crabbed grouchy; ill-natured; irritable; churlish. 1
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Origin of crabbed
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at crab1, -ed3
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Parts of speech for Crabbed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
crabbed popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
crabbed usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for crabbed
adj crabbed
- cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
- bad-tempered — Someone who is bad-tempered is not very cheerful and gets angry easily.
- cantankerous — Someone who is cantankerous is always finding things to argue or complain about.
- crabby — Someone who is crabby is bad-tempered and unpleasant to people.
- cranky — If you describe ideas or ways of behaving as cranky, you disapprove of them because you think they are strange.
adjective crabbed
- out of sorts — a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort.
- touchy — apt to take offense on slight provocation; irritable: He is very touchy when he's sick.
- short-tempered — having a quick, hasty temper; irascible.
- sullen — showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve.
- tetchy — irritable; touchy.
Antonyms for crabbed
adjective crabbed
- easygoing — going easily, as a horse.
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