- cross adj
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English expressions. 2014.
cross adj
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cross — [adj] very angry; in a bad mood annoyed, cantankerous, captious, caviling, choleric, churlish, crabby*, cranky, crotchety*, crusty, disagreeable, faultfinding, fractious, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill humored, ill tempered, impatient, irascible,… … New thesaurus
cross-examination — also cross examination; 1827, an examination of a witness by the other side, to check the effects of previous questioning, from CROSS (Cf. cross) (adj.) + EXAMINATION (Cf. examination). Related: Cross examine (1660s) … Etymology dictionary
cross-dressing — also crossdressing, cross dressing, 1911, from CROSS (Cf. cross) (adj.) + dressing; a translation of Ger. Transvestismus … Etymology dictionary
cross-eye — also crosseye, 1770 (implied in cross eyed), from CROSS (Cf. cross) (adj.) + EYE (Cf. eye) … Etymology dictionary
cross-pollination — also cross pollination, 1882, from CROSS (Cf. cross) (adj.) + POLLINATION (Cf. pollination) … Etymology dictionary
cross-section — also cross section, 1748, originally in engineering sketches, from CROSS (Cf. cross) (adj.) + SECTION (Cf. section). Fig. sense of representative sample is from 1903 … Etymology dictionary
cross-fire — also crossfire, 1860, from CROSS (Cf. cross) (adj.) + FIRE (Cf. fire) … Etymology dictionary
cross-stitch — 1710, from CROSS (Cf. cross) (adj.) + STITCH (Cf. stitch) (v.) … Etymology dictionary
cross — n *trial, tribulation, affliction, visitation cross adj cranky, testy, touchy, choleric, splenetic, *irascible Analogous words: captious, carping, caviling, faultfinding (see CRITICAL): *irritable, fractious, peevish, petulant, snappish, waspish … New Dictionary of Synonyms
cross — {{11}}cross (adj.) ill tempered, 1630s, probably from 16c. sense of contrary, athwart, especially with reference to winds and sailing ships, from CROSS (Cf. cross) (n.). {{12}}cross (n.) O.E. cros (mid 10c.), from O.Ir. cros, probably via… … Etymology dictionary
