Crabbed

прилагательное 1) ворчливый, несдержанный, раздражительный Синоним(ы): irritable, touchy 2) трудно понимаемый; неразборчивый (о почерке)

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Crabbed

adjective Etymology: Middle English, partly from crabbe crustacean, partly from crabbe crab apple 1. marked by a forbidding moroseness Example: a crabbed view of human nature 2. difficult to read or understand Example: crabbed handwriting Synonyms: see sullencrabbedness noun

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