Crossness: alternatives and connections

To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.

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A cade lamb; a lamb brought up by hand.

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The quality or state of being testy; fretfulness; petulance.

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See Techiness.

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The quality or state of being touchy peevishness; irritability; irascibility.

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Making a fuss; disposed to make an unnecessary ado about trifles; overnice; fidgety.

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Making a fuss; disposed to make an unnecessary ado about trifles; overnice; fidgety.

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The bile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility.

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The quality of being fussy.

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The state or quality of being irritable; quick excitability; petulance; fretfulness; as, irritability of temper.

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The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sourness of temper.

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Alt. of Petulancy

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