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crabbed
  • Derivatives : n  crabbedness ; adv  crabbedly
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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

crabbed [ 'kræbɪd] [ 'kræbɪd]
  1. 1. adjective 易怒的，乖戾的，脾气坏的
  2. 2. adjective （文章等）难懂的，晦涩的
  3. 3. adjective （由于字迹潦草）难读的，难辨认的
    crab handwriting
    难辨认的笔迹

Collins English-English Dictionary

crabbed ['kræbɪd]
  1. 1. adj surly; irritable; perverse
  2. 2. adj (esp of handwriting) cramped and hard to decipher
  3. 3. adj [Etymology] C13: probably from crab1 (from its wayward gait), influenced by crab(apple) (from its tartness)
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