crossness
crossness noun: the state of being cross; mild anger.
Noun
crossness (countable and uncountable, plural crossnesses)
- the state of being cross; mild anger
- 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[…]1863, Dinah Maria Craik, Mistress and maid
- At any other time Jessamy would have laughed at the expressions that chased each other over his freckled face: crossness left over from his struggle with the baby; incredulity; distress; and finally delight.1967, Barbara Sleigh, Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published 1993, →ISBN, page 122
crossness meaning in Tamil
crossness in Tamil
- தக்கடி, குணக்கு
Forms of crossness
| plural | crossnesses |
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Origin of crossness
From cross + -ness.
Questions about crossness
- What does crossness mean?
- Crossness means the state of being cross; mild anger.
- What is crossness in Tamil?
- Crossness in Tamil is தக்கடி, குணக்கு. See Crossness meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is crossness?
- Crossness is a noun.
- What is the plural of crossness?
- The plural of crossness is crossnesses.
Words near crossness in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: crossness (page history and authors); crossness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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