Crabbed vs Troublesome - What's the difference?
crabbed | troublesome | Related terms |
Bad-tempered or cantankerous.
Cramped, bent.
* 1800(?) Robert Southey, Winter
(of handwriting) Crowded together and difficult to read.
(crab)
Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.
Crabbed is a related term of troublesome.
As adjectives the difference between crabbed and troublesome
is that crabbed is bad-tempered or cantankerous while troublesome is giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.As a verb crabbed
is (crab).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;
Derived terms
* crabbedly * crabbednessVerb
(head)troublesome
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The computer has been very troublesome for me. It never works when I need to use it.