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
John was always an ass,” said Sir Robert, with a crossness which sprang chiefly from the fact that the temperature of the room was higher than usual, and the habits of his evening interfered with.
From Phoebe, Junior by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)
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 Metelerkamp, Sanni
No one minds a little crossness now and then.
From Lover or Friend by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
He said he felt sick, and believed he wuz threatened with numony, but he wuzn’t; it wuz only madness and crossness, that kinder stuffs anybody up some like tizik.
From Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands by Holley, Marietta
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
