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[…]
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Crossness
Synonyms for "crossness" (15 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Noun(3 words)
Strong matches (5)
Noun(4 words)
Related words (7)
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More general
6 entriesMore specific
2 entriesshort tempersnappishness
Collocations
5 entriesextreme crossnessmanifest crossnesspeevish crossnessstate of crossnessvisible crossness
Inflections
1 entriesSample sentences
2 total sentences available.
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.
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