- crabbedness
- noun see crabbed
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
crabbedness
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Crabbedness — Crabbed Crab bed (kr?b b?d), a. [See {Crab},n.] 1. Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; applied to feelings, disposition, or manners. [1913 Webster] Crabbed age and youth can not live… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
crabbedness — See crabbedly. * * * … Universalium
crabbedness — noun The state or quality of being crabbed … Wiktionary
crabbedness — n. grouchiness; stubbornness, obstinateness; obscurity, vagueness … English contemporary dictionary
crabbedness — n. 1. Sourness, roughness, tartness, acridity, acridness. 2. Asperity, acerbity, moroseness, sullenness, moodiness, churlishness, harshness, ill temper, acrimoniousness. 3. Difficulty, perplexity, intractability … New dictionary of synonyms
crabbedness — n grouchiness, ill nature, ill humor, peevishness, spleen, gruffness; irritability, crotchetiness, Inf. crabbiness; bitterness, churlishness, snap pishness, surliness, acrimoniousness; petulance, moodiness, sullenness, moroseness; acerbity,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
crabbedness — crab·bed·ness … English syllables
crabbedness — noun a disposition to be ill tempered • Syn: ↑crabbiness, ↑crossness • Derivationally related forms: ↑cross (for: ↑crossness), ↑crabbed, ↑crabby ( … Useful english dictionary
Asperities — Asperity As*per i*ty, n.; pl. {Asperities}. [L. asperitas, fr. asper rough: cf. F. asp[ e]rit[ e].] 1. Roughness of surface; unevenness; opposed to {smoothness}. The asperities of dry bodies. Boyle. [1913 Webster] 2. Roughness or harshness of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Asperity — As*per i*ty, n.; pl. {Asperities}. [L. asperitas, fr. asper rough: cf. F. asp[ e]rit[ e].] 1. Roughness of surface; unevenness; opposed to {smoothness}. The asperities of dry bodies. Boyle. [1913 Webster] 2. Roughness or harshness of sound; that… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
