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Webster 1913 Edition

Crossness

Cross′ness

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Noun.

The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor.

Webster 1828 Edition

Crossness

CROSSNESS

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Noun.

Peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor; perverseness.

Definition 2024

crossness

crossness

English

Noun

crossness ‎(countable and uncountable, plural crossnesses)

the state of being cross; mild anger
- 1863, Dinah Maria Craik, Mistress and maid
  Elizabeth […] wished he were beside her, and was so glad to think he would soon be beside her always, with all his humours and weaknesses, all his little crossnesses and complainings […]