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An irritable petulant feeling
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crossness
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Crossness \Cross"ness\, n. The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. the state of being cross; mild anger
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an irritable petulant feeling [syn: irritability , fretfulness , fussiness , peevishness , petulance , choler ] a disposition to be ill tempered [syn: crabbiness , crabbedness ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Crossness is a place in south-east London . It is situated in the London Borough of Bexley , close to the southern bank of the River Thames , to the east of Thamesmead , west of Belvedere and north-west of Erith . The place takes its name from Cross Ness, ...
Usage examples of crossness.
Why I have known a short tower to Slab City or Loontown act like a charm on my pardner, when crossness wuz in his mean and snappishness wuz present with him.
I had all the purposes, and that gave you all the crossness: things weren't getting along at all.
Celia remembered Augusta's crossness at seeing her brother again after an absence of many months, and her ill-natured observation that his affliction grew worse every year, and a wave of protectiveness surged through her.