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crabbedness (noun)

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  • crabbedness — noun see crabbed …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • crabbedness — noun The state or quality of being crabbed …   Wiktionary

  • crabbedness — noun a disposition to be ill tempered • Syn: ↑crabbiness, ↑crossness • Derivationally related forms: ↑cross (for: ↑crossness), ↑crabbed, ↑crabby ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • crabbed — adjective Etymology: Middle English, partly from crabbe crustacean, partly from crabbe crab apple Date: 14th century 1. marked by a forbidding moroseness < a crabbed view of human nature > 2. difficult to read or understand …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • crabbed — adjective 1》 (of writing) hard to read or understand. 2》 crabby. Derivatives crabbedly adverb crabbedness noun Origin ME: from crab1, because of the crab s sideways gait and habit of snapping …   English new terms dictionary

  • crabbiness — noun a disposition to be ill tempered • Syn: ↑crabbedness, ↑crossness • Derivationally related forms: ↑cross (for: ↑crossness), ↑crabbed (for: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • crossness — noun 1. an irritable petulant feeling • Syn: ↑irritability, ↑fretfulness, ↑fussiness, ↑peevishness, ↑petulance, ↑choler • Derivationally related forms: ↑petulant ( …   Useful english dictionary

  • ill nature — noun a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition • Ant: ↑good nature • Hypernyms: ↑disposition, ↑temperament • Hyponyms: ↑crabbiness, ↑crabbedness, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • crabbed — /kræbd/ (say krabd) adjective 1. perplexing; intricate: a crabbed author; crabbed writings. 2. difficult to decipher, as cramped handwriting. 3. Obsolete perverse; contrary and irritable. {Middle English, from crab1 + ed3} –crabbedly /ˈkræbədli/… …  

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