WRITE literary writing which is crabbed is small, untidy, and difficult to read 〔字迹〕像蟹爬的,小且潦草的,难辨认的
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crabbed• I hate the crabbed and the mean and the petty.• Mr. Archer was a crabbed and unapproachable old man.• His crabbed handwriting covered both sides of the page.
Origincrabbed
(1200-1300) → CRAB; later influenced by crab apple