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
After that we thought perhaps these petty officials dressed in a little brief authority only put on their crossness with their uniforms.
From One Year Abroad by Blanche Willis Howard
They treat their friends with the greatest consideration; but as soon as their friends are gone, the pleasant voice changes into crossness or harshness and faultfinding, and the pleasantness of manner disappears.
From Heart Talks by Charles Wesley Naylor
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
Yes––one can only bear so much happiness, then it is weariness––sometimes crossness.
From An Orkney Maid by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
