Crabbed

Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners.

Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste.

Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author.

Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting.