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Search phrase: crabbed

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Measure for MeasureMM III.ii.94in him. Something too crabbed that way, friar.in him: Something too crabbed that way, Frier.
The TempestTem III.i.8Ten times more gentle than her father's crabbed,Ten times more gentle, then her Father's crabbed;
The Winter's TaleWT I.ii.102Three crabbed months had soured themselves to deathThree crabbed Moneths had sowr'd themselues to death,

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The Passionate PilgrimPP.12.1 Crabbed age and youth cannot live together: Crabbed age and youth cannot liue together,

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crabbedirritable, churlish, bad-tempered
crabbedfrustrating, disagreeable, unpleasant
crabbedharsh, unpalatable, bitter

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