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Webster 1913 Edition

Crabbed

Crab′bed

(kr?b′b?d)
,
Adj.
[See
Crab
,
Noun.
]
1.
Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; – applied to feelings, disposition, or manners.
Crabbed
age and youth can not live together.
Shakespeare
2.
Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; – applied to things;
as, a
crabbed
taste
.
3.
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.
–
Crab′bed-ly
,
adv.
–
Crab′bed-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Crabbed

CRABBED

,
Adj.
[from crab.]
1.
Rough; harsh; austere; sour; peevish; morose; cynical; applied to the temper.
2.
Rough; harsh; applied to things.
3.
Difficult; perplexing; as a crabbed author or subject.

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