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Illegible vs Crabbed - What's the difference?

illegible | crabbed |

As adjectives the difference between illegible and crabbed

is that illegible is not clear enough to be read; unreadable; not legible or decipherable while crabbed is bad-tempered or cantankerous.

As a verb crabbed is

(crab).

illegible

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not clear enough to be read; unreadable; not legible or decipherable.
  • Antonyms

    * legible

    Synonyms

    * dirty * foul * indecipherable * marked-up * unclear * undecipherable * unreadable

    See also

    * illegibly

    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)