adj.
Pronunciation: ' kra-b ə d
Function: 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 < crabbed handwriting>
synonyms see SULLEN
– crab · bed · ness noun