'Crabbedness' definitions:

Definition of 'crabbedness'

noun

A disposition to be ill-tempered [syn: crabbiness, crabbedness, crossness]

From: GCIDE

Crabbed \Crab"bed\ (kr?b"b?d), a. [See Crab,n.]
1. Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners. [1913 Webster]
Crabbed age and youth can not live together. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
2. Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste. [1913 Webster]
3. Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author. "Crabbed eloquence." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
4. Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting. -- {Crab"bed*ly}, adv. -- {Crab"bed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]