crabbed
معنی فارسی
ترشرو بدخو عبوس دشوار خرچنگالي قورباغه اي
معنی کامل و مثالها
/krab´id/adj.
● ترشرو، بدعنق، بدخلق، بدقلق، اخمو، زود خشم، کژخوی
his teacher was a crabbed old man
معلم او مردی پیر و بدخلق بود.
● (خط) ناخوانا، خرچنگ قورباغه، درهم و برهم
crabbed handwriting
خط کج و کوله
● دشوار، بغرنج، سخت آموز
the crabbed complexities of modern engines
پیچیدگیهای گیج کنندهی موتورهای جدید
ریشه و کاربرد
Bad-tempered; irritable; difficult to read or decipher.
ریشه
Derived from the Middle English word 'crabbe', meaning 'crab' or 'crab-like'.
مثال
- He was known for his crabbed demeanor.
- The handwriting was so crabbed that it was hard to make out the words.
- The old man had a crabbed expression on his face.
مترادفها
adjective
1. Sour, tart, rough, acrid.
2. Morose, surly, testy, touchy, cross, growling, snarling, snappish, cantankerous, waspish, petulant, peevish, churlish, harsh, acrimonious, caustic, captious, censorious, splenetic, out of sorts, ill tempered.
3. Difficult, perplexing, trying, unmanageable, tough, intractable, hard to deal with.