- crab´bed|ness
- crab|bed «KRAB ihd», adjective.1. hard to read or decipher because irregular: »
The teacher refused to accept papers with crabbed handwriting.
–crab´bed|ly, adverb.–crab´bed|ness, noun.
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crab´bed|ly — crab|bed «KRAB ihd», adjective. 1. hard to read or decipher because irregular: »The teacher refused to accept papers with crabbed handwriting. 2. hard to understand; perplexing: »This writer has a crabbed style. 3. peevish; ill natured; cross … Useful english dictionary
crab|bed — «KRAB ihd», adjective. 1. hard to read or decipher because irregular: »The teacher refused to accept papers with crabbed handwriting. 2. hard to understand; perplexing: »This writer has a crabbed style. 3. peevish; ill natured; cross … Useful english dictionary
bed — bed; bed·da; bed·ded; bed·der; bed·e·guar; bed·er·al; bed·fel·low·ship; bed·ford; bed·ford·shire; bed·lam·er; bed·less; bed·ling·ton; bed·man; bed·ral; bed·rid·den; bed·stead; bed·ward; crab·bed; crab·bed·ly; crab·bed·ness; em·bed; em·bed·ment;… … English syllables
crab — crab; crab·bed; crab·bed·ly; crab·bed·ness; crab·bery; crab·bit; crab·eater; crab·man; crab·stick; crab·ber; crab·by; … English syllables
crabbedness — crab·bed·ness … English syllables
crabbed — crab•bed [[t]ˈkræb ɪd[/t]] adj. 1) difficult to read, as handwriting 2) hard to understand; intricate and obscure 3) ill tempered; surly • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME; see crab I, ed crab′bed•ly, adv. crab′bed•ness, n … From formal English to slang
Crabbed — Crab bed (kr?b b?d), a. [See {Crab},n.] 1. Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; applied to feelings, disposition, or manners. [1913 Webster] Crabbed age and youth can not live together.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crabbedly — Crabbed Crab bed (kr?b b?d), a. [See {Crab},n.] 1. Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; applied to feelings, disposition, or manners. [1913 Webster] Crabbed age and youth can not live… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crabbedness — Crabbed Crab bed (kr?b b?d), a. [See {Crab},n.] 1. Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; applied to feelings, disposition, or manners. [1913 Webster] Crabbed age and youth can not live… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
