CROSSNESS

crabbiness, crabbedness, crossness

(noun) a disposition to be ill-tempered

irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler

(noun) an irritable petulant feeling

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

crossness (countable and uncountable, plural crossnesses)

the state of being cross; mild anger

Source: Wiktionary


Cross"ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

13 March 2025

ACCURATE

(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”


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