crossness
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of crossness
Example Sentences
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I decided it would do to convey a mixture of can-you-believe-it crossness and wrenching disappointment, selected it, added zilch and pressed send.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 31, 2014
At first he had growled with crossness, but now he began to whine from frightenness.
From Outa Karel's Stories South African Folk-Lore Tales by Sanni Metelerkamp
"Might there not have been another reason for the crossness, supposing it to have existed?" said she, quietly.
From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Charles James Lever
The familiar grumbling provoked only a smile from the master, who would readily have staked his life on the woman’s devotion to “her people” and knew that the apparent crossness was not that in reality.
From A Daughter of the Forest by Evelyn Raymond
"Then you are come to ask pardon for all your crossness, your savagery of this morning?"
From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Charles James Lever
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