† wrabbedadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Perverse; difficult to manage.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > [adjective] > intractable or recalcitrant > and perverse
waywardc1384
contumaxc1386
contumacec1425
perversec1425
gainsaying1489
wrayward1516
untowards1525
untoward1526
wrabbed?1544
contumacious1603
?1544 J. Heywood Foure PP sig. D.ivv By theyr condicions so croked and crabbed Frowardly fashonde so waywarde and wrabbed.
1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau ii. ii. sig. C.ij Haue any mo maisters suche a man as I haue?..so eluishe, so frowarde? So crabbed, so wrabbed, so stiffe, so vntowarde?
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adj.?1544- storm of thunder
- storm of war
- storm power
- storm rubber
- storm sewer
- storm shutter
- storm surge
- storm thrush
- storm track
- storm troop
- storm trooper
- storm warner
- storm wind
- storm window
- storm-area
- storm-armed
- storm-beach
- storm-beat
- storm-beaten
- storm-bell
- storm-belt
- storm-bird
- storm-bitten
- storm-blast
- storm-boding