Cross
Cross adjective - Easily irritated or annoyed.
Usage example: she was cross all day because of a nagging headache
Disputatious and cross are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Disputatious" instead an adjective "Cross".
Disputatious
Disputatious adjective - Feeling or displaying eagerness to fight.
Usage example: a long history of little wars waged by the disputatious countries occupying that European peninsula
Cross and disputatious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cross" instead an adjective "Disputatious".
Nearby Word: disputation
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- irritable and cross
- irritable and disputatious
- ill-tempered and cross
- ill-tempered and disputatious
- disagreeable and cross
- disagreeable and disputatious
- churlish and cross
- churlish and disputatious
- testy and cross
- testy and disputatious
- contrary and cross
- contrary and disputatious
- touchy and cross
- touchy and disputatious
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