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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an irritable petulant feeling;
[syn: irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler]

2. a disposition to be ill-tempered;
[syn: crabbiness, crabbedness, crossness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Crossness \Cross"ness\, n. The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

crossness n 1: an irritable petulant feeling [syn: irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler] 2: a disposition to be ill-tempered [syn: crabbiness, crabbedness, crossness]