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CRABBEDNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does crabbedness mean?
• CRABBEDNESS (noun)
The noun CRABBEDNESS has 1 sense:
1. a disposition to be ill-tempered
Familiarity information: CRABBEDNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A disposition to be ill-tempered
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
crabbedness; crabbiness; crossness
Hypernyms ("crabbedness" is a kind of...):
ill nature (a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition)
Derivation:
crabbed (annoyed and irritable)
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