more crabbed
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She knows more crabbed things and crabbed words than all the Errate betwixt here and Catalonia.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright
Soon after he left Oxford, perhaps in 1860, his handwriting changed its character; it became less boyish, but more crabbed and careless.
From Aspects and Impressions by Gosse, Edmund
My Lessons are more crabbed, or I am more dull and inattentive, for I cannot fix my Minde on my Book, and am secretlie wearie, Robin wearies too.
From Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary by Manning, Anne
All these accomplishments, however, procured him no favour in the eyes of the doctor, who grew more and more crabbed and intolerant, the nearer the term of apprenticeship approached.
From Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists by Irving, Washington
The Duke's letters are written in a peculiar, irregular hand, very difficult to read, and becoming more crabbed as he advanced in years.
From The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J. 1834-1851 Edited by Extracts from the Diary of the Latter by Wellington, Duke of
