"crabbed" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /kɹæbd/ Forms: more crabbed [comparative], most crabbed [superlative]
Rhymes: -æbd Etymology: From Middle English crabbed; equivalent to crab + -ed. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|crabbed}} Middle English crabbed, {{af|en|crab|-ed}} crab + -ed Head templates: {{en-adj}} crabbed (comparative more crabbed, superlative most crabbed)
  1. Bad-tempered or cantankerous. Translations (bad-tempered or cantankerous): раздразнителен (razdraznitelen) (Bulgarian), свадлив (svadliv) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-crabbed-en-adj-PVs4lmNB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 4 29 11 12 29 Disambiguation of 'bad-tempered or cantankerous': 89 1 5 2 2
  2. Cramped, bent.
    Sense id: en-crabbed-en-adj-H1cevy20
  3. (of handwriting) Crowded together and difficult to read. Translations ((of handwriting) crowded together and difficult to read): неразбираем (nerazbiraem) (Bulgarian), нечетлив (nečetliv) (Bulgarian), неразбо́рчивый (nerazbórčivyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-crabbed-en-adj-kmKLy7D4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 4 29 11 12 29 Disambiguation of '(of handwriting) crowded together and difficult to read': 7 5 79 4 5
  4. (aviation, of an aircraft) Pointed at an angle to the runway during approach and landing to compensate for a crosswind. Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-crabbed-en-adj-~ksdeteU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 4 29 11 12 29 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  5. (aviation, of an approach and landing) Performed with one's aircraft pointed at an angle to the runway to compensate for a crosswind; performed with nonzero crab. Categories (topical): Aviation
    Sense id: en-crabbed-en-adj-y2XPM-DJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 4 29 11 12 29 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: crabbedly, crabbedness, uncrabbed

Verb

IPA: /kɹæbd/
Rhymes: -æbd Etymology: From Middle English crabbed; equivalent to crab + -ed. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|crabbed}} Middle English crabbed, {{af|en|crab|-ed}} crab + -ed Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} crabbed
  1. simple past and past participle of crab Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: crab
    Sense id: en-crabbed-en-verb-9bdZd3pc Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ed, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English terms suffixed with -ed Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 4 29 11 12 29 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ed: 18 11 20 9 11 32 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 15 2 11 7 8 26 8 12 12 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 15 2 10 7 8 28 7 12 11 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -ed: 16 2 10 6 7 29 8 13 11

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      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crab",
          "crab#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kɹæbd/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æbd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "crabbed"
}

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