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crabfaced

crabfaced adjective: having a sour, disagreeable expression.

Adjective

crabfaced (comparative more crabfaced, superlative most crabfaced)

  1. Having a sour, disagreeable expression.
    • He that's sad, A crab-faced mistress cleave to him for this year!1619-1623, John Fletcher and Philip Massinger (authors), The Little French Lawyer

crabfaced meaning in Tamil

crabfaced in Tamil

சிடுசிடுப்பான தோற்றமுள்ள, எளிதில் சீறுகிற முகத்தோடு கூடிய

Forms of crabfaced

comparativemore crabfaced
superlativemost crabfaced

Origin of crabfaced

From crab + faced, Relating to being sour in temper as a crab-apple is in taste.

Questions about crabfaced

What does crabfaced mean?
Crabfaced means having a sour, disagreeable expression.
What is crabfaced in Tamil?
Crabfaced in Tamil is சிடுசிடுப்பான தோற்றமுள்ள, எளிதில் சீறுகிற முகத்தோடு கூடிய. See Crabfaced meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is crabfaced?
Crabfaced is an adjective.

Words near crabfaced in the dictionary

  1. crabeater seal
  2. crabeater seals
  3. crabeaters
  4. craber
  5. crabers
  6. crabfaced
  7. crabfish
  8. crabfishes
  9. crabgrass
  10. crabgrasses
  11. crabhole

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Adapted from Wiktionary: crabfaced (page history and authors); crabfaced (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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