Crossness
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Transverseness; intersection.
noun.
Peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor; perverseness.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
The state of being
cross
; mild
anger
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noun.
an irritable petulant feeling
noun.
a disposition to be ill-tempered
Word Usage
"She thought her crossness was the cause of the princess's unhappiness, and had no idea that she was really and deeply hurt at not being believed."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
ill nature
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
Sinatra
acerbity
basolateral
but
deviousness
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
fretfulness
ill-temper
peevishness