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Noun: crossness  krós-nus
  1. A disposition to be ill-tempered
    "His crossness increased as the day wore on";
    - crabbiness, crabbedness, grouchiness [informal]
     
  2. A state of irritable anxiety or complaint
    "The baby's crossness indicated it was time for a nap";
    - irritability, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler

Type of: distemper, ill humor [US], ill humour [Brit, Cdn], ill nature

Encyclopedia: Crossness