- 2. Fretful, peevish, petulant, pettish, snappish, waspish, touchy, testy, crusty, churlish, crabbed, captious,
ill-natured, morose, sulky, sullen, spleeny, surly, cynical, snarling, sour, ill-tempered, out of humor, out of
temper, grouty (colloq.).
Cross, v. a.
- 1. Put across, put athwart.
- 2. Mark with a line or lines across.
- 3. Traverse, pass over, go over.
- 4. Thwart, hinder, obstruct, interfere with.
- 5. Intermix, interbreed.
Cross-barred, a. Cancellated.
Crosses, n. pl. Vexations, misfortunes, troubles, trials, afflictions.
Cross-examine, v. a. Cross-question.
Cross-grained, a. Stubborn, obdurate, untractable, perverse, wayward, headstrong, refractory.
Crossing, n. Intersection.
Cross-question, v. a. Cross-examine.
Crosswise, ad. Across, transversely, over.
Crotch, n. Fork, angle, corner.