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
Yes––one can only bear so much happiness, then it is weariness––sometimes crossness.
From An Orkney Maid by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
But in her relief at knowing she was able to move and speak Mona did not mind granny's crossness.
From The Making of Mona by Mabel Quiller-Couch
No one minds a little crossness now and then.
From Lover or Friend by Rosa Nouchette Carey
Pierson forgot her crossness in trying to comfort him.
From The Boys and I by Mrs. Molesworth
