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
Yes––one can only bear so much happiness, then it is weariness––sometimes crossness.
From An Orkney Maid by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
How disposed are we to lay our crossness and roughness to the charge of our health, our dyspepsia or neuralgia or nervousness.
From Steve P. Holcombe, the Converted Gambler His Life and Work by Alexander, Rev. Gross
And it did help, truly, that is, as regards the hiccoughs, not as regards the crossness.
From Seed-time and Harvest A Novel by Reuter, Fritz
"Then you are come to ask pardon for all your crossness, your savagery of this morning?"
From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James
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