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Meanings of crabbiness in English

A disposition to be ill-tempered.

        Synonyms
        Examples for "crossness"
        Examples for "crossness"
        1
        There was a distinct air of crossness about Laurie at this moment.
        The Necromancers
        2
        Why go along with crossness, and coldness and snappishness in your life?
        How to Live a Holy Life
        3
        She set it all down to what she was wont to call crossness.
        Countess Kate
        4
        Mrs. Moira ignored the edge of crossness in her Danny's voice.
        Red-Robin
        5
        Her voice betrayed a struggle between offended dignity and decided crossness.
        Janet's Love and Service
        1
        Out of its crabbedness and spitefulness come the finest, choicest flavors.
        Locusts and Wild Honey
        2
        Accustomed to a written character, their eyes became wearied by the crabbedness and formality of type.
        Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 18...
        3
        There was heart, then, under all his crabbedness.
        Prisoners of Chance / The Story of What Befell Geoffrey Benteen,...
        4
        Of the crabbedness of Harry Lawes there is scarcely a trace: that belonged to an era of experiments.
        Purcell
        5
        She said this so sweetly that Mrs. Goodenough relaxed into a smile, and her crabbedness into a compliment.
        Wives and Daughters
        Usage of crabbiness in English
        1
        Even Tim's crabbiness on the next day's trip did not dampen his spirits.
        Don Strong, Patrol Leader
        2
        I want her crabbiness and her lack of professionalism and her wonderful, wonderful coffee.
        More bitter than death: an emma fielding mystery
        3
        What his father's savagery had done to Astor was not quite as clear, unless severe crabbiness is trauma-induced.
        Dexter’s Final Cut
        Frequent collocations
        Crabbiness through the time