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Crabbed vs Ironic - What's the difference?

crabbed | ironic | Related terms |

Crabbed is a related term of ironic.


As adjectives the difference between crabbed and ironic

is that crabbed is bad-tempered or cantankerous while ironic is ironic.

As a verb crabbed

is (crab).

crabbed

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Bad-tempered or cantankerous.
  • Cramped, bent.
  • * 1800(?) Robert Southey, Winter
    • A wrinkled crabbed man they picture thee,
    Old Winter, with a rugged beard as grey
    As the long moss upon the apple-tree;
  • (of handwriting) Crowded together and difficult to read.

    • Derived terms

    * crabbedly * crabbedness

    Verb

    (head)
  • (crab)

    • ironic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * ironick (qualifier)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characterized by or constituting (any kind of) irony.
  • * 2014 , Steven Pinker The Sense of Style
    • It was ironic I forgot my textbook on human memory.
  • Given to the use of irony; sarcastic.

    • Synonyms

    * ironical

    Usage notes

    Some writers complain about an overuse of the word ironic to extend to situations which are remarkable for reasons other than irony - perhaps just coincidental or merely odd.

    Derived terms

    * ironically * dramatic irony * postironic * Socratic irony

    See also

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