·noun Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting.
II. Crabbed ·noun Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author.
III. Crabbed ·noun Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant;
— applied to things; as, a crabbed taste.
IV. Crabbed ·noun Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical;
— applied to feelings, disposition, or manners.