more crabbed
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He became more crabbed and irritable than ever; he seemed to be withering away, and his face grew to haunt me, it was so harried and anxious.
From That Affair at Elizabeth by Burton Egbert Stevenson
Everyone entertained a profound respect for him, and he might have been a popular pet but for his temper which, never genial, became more and more crabbed.
From Wild Animals I Have Known by Ernest Thompson Seton
My copy was more crabbed than ever; but while she commented so gravely thereupon, I thought of what Santonio had said about my arm and hand.
From Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 by Elizabeth Sheppard
All through his career we find him hard to get on with, proud to his inferiors, still more crabbed to those above him.
From Raleigh by Andrew Lang
It is fuller of conceits than ever Cowley crowded into the same space; and lines more crabbed and inharmonious Donne never succeeded in perpetrating.
From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various
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