crossishadj.
/ˈkrɒsɪʃ//ˈkrɔːsɪʃ/ colloquial. rare.
Rather cross or peevish.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > peevishness > [adjective]
protervec1384
teethya1500
peevishc1530
protervous1547
pettish1552
tatter1579
fretting1587
teeny1594
frampold1599
treaf1601
fretful1603
teety1621
frappish1631
froppish1659
huffy1680
toothy1691
peenging1724
fractious1725
crossish1740
huffish1755
petulant1755
refractious1761
pouty1799
pensy1803
fudgy1819
twiney1824
rammista1838
fretty1844
petful1852
patchy1862
fretsome1870
grizzly1900
anfractuous1923
1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. xxxi. 126 Jane..sometimes used to be a little crossish.
1849 E. Bulwer-Lytton Caxtons I. v. i. 221 I found her indisputably crossish.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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