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
And his flurry included a certain crossness and impatience with Amory.
From A Crooked Mile by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
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
To meet criticism with kindness, crossness with geniality, insult with courtesy, and injury with charity is the way to conquer the world.
From The Five Great Philosophies of Life by Hyde, William De Witt
No one minds a little crossness now and then.
From Lover or Friend by Carey, Rosa Nouchette
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
