crabbed

1. 1
   adjective

   Easily annoyed and unfriendly, often grumpy and quick to complain.

   Like a person who frowns and snaps at everything around them.

   The crabbed old man shouted at the children for stepping on his lawn.

   She felt tired and crabbed after a long day at work.

   Similarirritable, cantankerous, grumpy, crotchety, surly

   Oppositegenial, amiable, affable, good-natured

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2. 2
   adjective

   Written in small, tight letters that are crowded together and hard to read.

   Like words pushed so close together they almost touch.

   His crabbed handwriting filled every margin of the old notebook.

   The note was so crabbed that no one could read it.

   Similarcramped, illegible, indecipherable

   Oppositelegible, clear, neat

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3. 3
   adjective

   Bent and twisted into a tight, awkward shape.

   Like a twig that has grown bent instead of straight.

   The old tree grew in a crabbed shape against the cliff.

   His fingers were crabbed with age and cold.

   Similargnarled, twisted, crooked, contorted

   Oppositestraight

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4. 4
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of crab. Use this form when the action already happened.

   He crabbed about the weather all through dinner.

   She crabbed at the waiter over a cold meal.

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5. 5
   adjective

   Aimed at a slight angle to the runway to push back against a side wind during landing.

   Like walking facing slightly into the wind so it doesn't blow you off your path.

   The plane stayed crabbed against the wind as it came down to land.

   A crabbed approach helped the pilot stay lined up with the runway in the gusty wind.

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6. 6
   adjective

   Done with the plane angled into a side wind so it stays lined up with the runway.

   Like steering a boat slightly into the current so it still reaches the dock straight ahead.

   The crabbed landing looked sideways but kept the plane on course.

   They practiced a crabbed approach in the windy conditions.

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