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crossness

DEFINITIONS OF: crossness

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n an irritable petulant feeling

Synonyms:
choler, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance
Types:
testiness, tetchiness, touchiness
feeling easily irritated
pet
a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)
Type of:
distemper, ill humor, ill humour
an angry and disagreeable mood

n a disposition to be ill-tempered

Synonyms:
crabbedness, crabbiness
Type of:
ill nature
a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition
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