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Meanings of
crossness
in inglês
português
irritabilidade
catalão
còlera
espanhol
cólera
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An irritable petulant feeling.
irritability
petulance
peevishness
choler
fretfulness
fussiness
português
irritabilidade
A disposition to be ill-tempered.
crabbedness
crabbiness
Usage of
crossness
in inglês
1
There was a distinct air of
crossness
about Laurie at this moment.
2
Why go along with
crossness
,
and coldness and snappishness in your life?
3
She set it all down to what she was wont to call
crossness
.
4
Mrs. Moira ignored the edge of
crossness
in her Danny's voice.
5
Her voice betrayed a struggle between offended dignity and decided
crossness
.
6
That was what lay behind her sudden
crossness
when he had asked her.
7
Sometimes she was sorry for her
crossness
;
more often she wasn't.
8
Mr. Thorne recovered from the child's
crossness
sooner than from Mr. Slope's laughter.
9
The fateful
crossness
of events pursues us through the world.
10
His
crossness
grew worse when he found himself separated from her during the ceremony.
11
To her he made ample apology for his former
crossness
,
and received ample absolution.
12
There wasn't much
crossness
or boredom about him this time.
13
I was afraid I had made him angry; yet it wasn't a look of
crossness
.
14
That smoothed out the
crossness
and woke him up.
15
And I am vexed his
crossness
affects me so.
16
He remembered Aunt Barbara's salutary remarks about
crossness
being the equivalent of thinking about oneself.
Other examples for "crossness"
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About this term
crossness
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
sudden crossness
average crossness
bristle with crossness
call crossness
decide crossness
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Translations for
crossness
português
irritabilidade
catalão
còlera
fúria
espanhol
cólera
furia
Crossness
through the time
Crossness
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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