adj.

1. Irritable and perverse in disposition; ill-tempered.
2. Difficult to understand; complicated.
3. Difficult to read; cramped: crabbed handwriting.

[Middle English, from crabbe, crab (influenced by CRAB²). See crab¹.]

crabbedly crab'bed·ly adv.
crabbedness crab'bed·ness n.

adjective

Having or showing a bad temper: bad-tempered, cantankerous, cranky, cross, disagreeable, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, nasty, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappish, snappy, surly, testy, ugly, waspish. Informal crabby, mean. Idioms: out of sorts. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: perversely irritable
  Synonyms: crabby, cross, fussy, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - sur, vranten, gnidret, svært forståelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
chagrijnig, ontoegankelijk, moeilijk leesbaar

Français (French)
adj. - maussade, grincheux, entortillé (un style), en patte de mouche (une écriture)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - griesgrämig, unleserlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - δύστροπος, τζαναμπέτικος, (για γραφικό χαρακτήρα) δυσανάγνωστος, (για εκφραστικό ύφος) στρυφνός, γριφώδης

Italiano (Italian)
contorto

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - rabugento

Русский (Russian)
вечно брюзжащий, неразборчивый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - malhumorado, hosco, gruñón

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - knarrig, retlig, lutter, led, oläslig, svårfattlig

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
乖张的, 难解的, 执拗的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 乖張的, 難解的, 執拗的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 심술궂은, 난해한, 떫은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - つむじまがりの, 難解な, 気難しい, 判読しにくい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) نكد الطبع, عكر المزاج, خط صعب قراءته‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לא-תואם, מר-נפש, מעורפל, לא-קריא‬

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