Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Crossness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crossness \Cross"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being cross; peevishness;
fretfulness; ill humor.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
crossness
n 1: an irritable petulant feeling [syn: {irritability}, {fretfulness},
{fussiness}, {peevishness}, {petulance}, {choler}]
2: a disposition to be ill tempered [syn: {crabbiness}, {crabbedness}]
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