Crabbed /(kr?b"b?d)/

Crab·bed

Crabbed

a.
  1. Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners.
    Crabbed age and youth can not live together.
  2. Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste.
  3. Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author.
    How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose.
  4. Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting.