different between crabbed vs perplexed

English

Etymology

From Middle English crabbed; equivalent to crab +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?æbd/
• Rhymes: -æbd

Adjective

crabbed (comparative more crabbed, superlative most crabbed)

1. Bad-tempered or cantankerous.
   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III scene i^[1]:

     […] O, she is / Ten times more gentle than her father's crabb'd, / And he's composed of harshness.

2. Cramped, bent.
   • c. 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; […]

3. (of handwriting) Crowded together and difficult to read.
4. (aviation, of an aircraft) Pointed at an angle to the runway during approach and landing to compensate for a crosswind.

Derived terms

• crabbedly
• crabbedness

Translations

Verb

crabbed

1. simple past tense and past participle of crab

Middle English

Alternative forms

• crabbid, crabbyd, crabbede

Etymology

From crabbe +? -ed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?krabid/, /?krab?d/

Adjective

crabbed

1. immoral, backwards, savage, rapacious
2. crabbed, ill-tempered, vengeful
3. (rare) Moving in reverse.

Derived terms

• crabbednes
• crabbidly

Descendants

• English: crabbed
• Scots: crabbit

References

• “crabbed, ppl.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-07.

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: p?rpl?kst?, IPA^(key): /p??pl?kst/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: p?pl?kst?, IPA^(key): /p??pl?kst/
• Rhymes: -?kst
• Hyphenation: per?plexed

Adjective

perplexed (comparative more perplexed, superlative most perplexed)

1. Confused or puzzled.
2. Bewildered.

Translations

Verb

perplexed

1. simple past tense and past participle of perplex