noun
crossness
Crossness (noun) means a mild feeling of anger or bad temper.
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A mild feeling of anger or bad temper.
"At any other time Jessamy would have laughed at the expressions that chased each other over his freckled face: crossness left over from his struggle with the baby; incredulity; distress; and finally delight."
— Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy (1967)
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What is the meaning of crossness?
"crossness" (noun) means a mild feeling of anger or bad temper.
What is another word for crossness?
Other words for "crossness" include irritability, fretfulness, crabbedness, crabbiness, fussiness, peevishness.
