crabbed
adjective
crabbedness
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a word derived from
crabbed.
Example Sentences
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A certain crabbedness entered his nature through his sense of frustration.
From Time Magazine Archive
Of the crabbedness of Harry Lawes there is scarcely a trace: that belonged to an era of experiments.
From Purcell by John F. Runciman
He never varied from that inimitable blend of small and vast mindedness, of liberality and crabbedness, which was his personal note, and which defies our formulating power.
From Memories and Studies by Henry James
"Na," said the man quietly, "it's no religion, it's curstness," i.e. crabbedness, insinuating that acerbity of temper, as well as zeal, was occasionally the cause of congregations being multiplied.
From Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character by Edward Bannerman Ramsay
It was yankee crabbedness that gave Homer his grip on the idea he had in mind.
From Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets by Marsden Hartley
