crossness
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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
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
Yes, for crossness and unpolite words and messing at table and—lots of things.
From Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life by Frank T. (Frank Thayer) Merrill
Michael was overcome by his mother's crossness and said no more.
From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by Compton MacKenzie
Aurora cared little either for his advice or his anger, and had soon formed intimacies which quite consoled her for his fits of crossness.
From The Danes Sketched by Themselves. Vol. II (of 3) A Series of Popular Stories by the Best Danish Authors by Various
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