Crossness
Crossness noun - Readiness to show annoyance or impatience.
Usage example: a librarian who had a reputation for chronic crossness
Perverseness and crossness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Perverseness" instead a noun "Crossness".
Nearby Word: crossly
Perverseness
Perverseness noun - Readiness to show annoyance or impatience.
Usage example: the kind of perverseness that makes you want to snap at anyone who makes the mistake of greeting you
Crossness and perverseness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crossness" instead a noun "Perverseness".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- irritability and crossness
- irritability and perverseness
- petulance and crossness
- petulance and perverseness
- testiness and crossness
- testiness and perverseness
- peevishness and crossness
- peevishness and perverseness
- irascibility and crossness
- irascibility and perverseness
- choler and crossness
- choler and perverseness
- biliousness and crossness
- biliousness and perverseness
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Perverseness and Crossness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/crossness/perverseness
Crossness & Perverseness. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/crossness/perverseness>.
Perverseness or Crossness. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/crossness/perverseness.
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