Applied to persons. as figurative of 1: A sour person.
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| 释义 | the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [noun] > ill-natured person (15) crab1574 Applied to persons. as figurative of 1: A sour person. crab-staffa1603 = crab-stick, n.1; in quot. figurative. hunks1602 A term of obloquy for a surly, crusty, cross-grained old person, a ‘bear’; now, usually, a close-fisted, stingy man; a miser. (Generally with close… snarler1634 One who snarls; an ill-tempered, grumbling, or fault-finding person. cross-piecea1652 A perverse or ill-tempered person. Obsolete. Cf. cross-patch, n. cross-patch1699 A cross, ill-tempered person. (Usually applied to a girl or woman; Scott makes it masculine.) vixen1699 Applied to a child or a man. Obsolete. rare. frump1817 A cross, old-fashioned, dowdily-dressed woman. Also rarely, said of a man. catamaran1834 Applied to a cross-grained or quarrelsome person, esp. a woman. colloquial. [? Associated with cat.] patch1839 colloquial. A bad-tempered person, esp. a child. See also cross-patch, n. crab-stick1840 figurative. A bad-tempered, crabbed person. hunkster1842 = hunks, n. grump1900 A gruff, grumpy, or ill-humoured person. colloquial. wampus1912 An objectionable, bad-tempered, or loutish person. maltalent1965 An ill-tempered person. rare. |
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