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Wrinkled vs Crabbed - What's the difference?

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As adjectives the difference between wrinkled and crabbed

is that wrinkled is uneven, with many furrows and prominent points, often in reference to the skin or hide of animals while crabbed is bad-tempered or cantankerous.

As verbs the difference between wrinkled and crabbed

is that wrinkled is past tense of wrinkle while crabbed is past tense of crab.

wrinkled

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of a surface) Uneven, with many furrows and prominent points, often in reference to the skin or hide of animals.
  • As the ocean receded from the beach it left the sand appearing wrinkled .

    Synonyms

    * wrinkly

    Antonyms

    * unwrinkled

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wrinkle)
  • 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)