crabbed

crab·bed

adj \ˈkra-bəd\

Definition of CRABBED

1

: marked by a forbidding moroseness <a crabbed view of human nature>

2

: difficult to read or understand <crabbed handwriting>

— crab·bed·ness noun

Origin of CRABBED

Middle English, partly from crabbe crustacean, partly from crabbe crab apple

First Known Use: 14th century