Crabbedness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being crabbed. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    a disposition to be ill-tempered wordnet

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acerbitycomplexitycomplicationconvolutioncrabbinesscrabbiness

Etymology

From Middle English crabbednes; equivalent to crabbed + -ness.

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