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[ kraws -nis, kros - ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈkrɔs nɪs, ˈkrɒs- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun the quality or state of being cross or angry; irritability; snappishness.
Origin of crossness First recorded in 1590–1600; cross + -ness
Words nearby crossness cross-mate, cross-modality, cross-multiply, cross my heart and hope to die, cross-national, crossness , cross-nodal, cross of Calvary, Cross of Gold speech, cross of Lorraine, Cross of Valour
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Example sentences from the Web for crossness Might there not have been another reason for the crossness , supposing it to have existed?
The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly | Charles James Lever
He remembered Aunt Barbara's salutary remarks about crossness being the equivalent of thinking about oneself.
Then you are come to ask pardon for all your crossness , your savagery of this morning?
The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly | Charles James Lever
Crossness , as I have said, had been the natural psychological result of his emotions; but his emotions were none the less real.
The Necromancers | Robert Hugh Benson
At this mamma did burst out laughing—a real merry laugh, which, in spite of my crossness , I was pleased to hear.
The House That Grew | Mrs. Molesworth
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Words related to crossness tantrum, impatience, rage, fury, sensitivity, resentment, passion, anger, ire, outburst, irritability, acrimony, sullenness, tartness, sharpness, bitterness, roughness, difficulty, acerbity, irascibility