Noun: crossness krós-nus
- A disposition to be ill-tempered
"His crossness increased as the day wore on";
- crabbiness, crabbedness, grouchiness [informal]
- 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