[…]O, she is / Ten times more gentle than her father's crabb'd, / And he's composed of harshness.
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Crabbed
//kɹæbd//
Synonyms for "crabbed" (169 found)
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Related words (84)
mattedmazymeanmeanderingmessed upmixed upmoodymorosemossbackedmoth eatenmoth-eatenmucked upmultifariousmummylikenastyobfuscatedobscureobscuredobstinateornery
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5 translations across 2 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- неразбираем adj ((of handwriting) crowded together and difficult to read)
- нечетлив adj ((of handwriting) crowded together and difficult to read)
- раздразнителен adj (bad-tempered or cantankerous)
- свадлив adj (bad-tempered or cantankerous)
Russian
1 entries- неразбо́рчивый adj ((of handwriting) crowded together and difficult to read)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
A wrinkled crabbed man they picture thee, Old Winter, with a rugged beard as grey As the long moss upon the apple-tree; […]
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Unlike most aircraft, the B-52's fully-steerable landing gear allows it to land crabbed and stay crabbed throughout rollout without destroying its tires.
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The Ercoupe can't be cross-controlled, so it has to make a crabbed approach in a crosswind rather than using the sideslip technique.
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