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crabbed

[ US /ˈkɹæbd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. annoyed and irritable

How To Use crabbed In A Sentence

  • She crabbed again when he didn't take advantage of the multi-laned road.
  • Then I had to bring a branch of candles near it before I could make out the crabbed and faded handwriting. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
  • Even if you were that man himself, you have no reason to be crabbed at because I'm having a bad morning.
  • But if the only way to do it is via a cranky and crabbed dismissal of science, count me out.
  • These are, of course, the sour thoughts of a crabbed and incorrigible old cynic.
  • The story of a change in a character from arrogance, crabbedness, to that of humility always has appeal.
  • Atop the videocassette was a note penned in blue ink in my brother's surprisingly crabbed handwriting.
  • It was written with a pen in a crabbed hand, and the sum and substance of it was this.
  • But this crabbed, Hobbesian spirit of social Darwinism has been bested before, and we can overcome it again.
  • A rough night, Mr. Moore," he said, rather crabbedly. Golden Days for Boys and Girls, Vol. XIII, Nov. 28, 1891
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