Acrimonious vs Crabbed - What's the difference?
acrimonious | crabbed | Related terms |
angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter; mean-spirited; sharp in language or tone.
* 2010 , ,
Bad-tempered or cantankerous.
Cramped, bent.
* 1800(?) Robert Southey, Winter
(of handwriting) Crowded together and difficult to read.
(crab)
Acrimonious is a related term of crabbed.
As adjectives the difference between acrimonious and crabbed
is that acrimonious is angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter; mean-spirited; sharp in language or tone while crabbed is bad-tempered or cantankerous.As a verb crabbed is
(crab).acrimonious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Questionable Content 1579: Visitation Rights
- That would be a way more acrimonious custody battle than the one my parents had over me.
Synonyms
* rancorousDerived terms
* acrimoniously * acrimoniousnessAnagrams
*crabbed
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- A wrinkled crabbed man they picture thee,
- Old Winter, with a rugged beard as grey
- As the long moss upon the apple-tree;