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Meaning of "crossness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CROSSNESS

crossness  [ˈkrɒsnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CROSSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Crossness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CROSSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of crossness in the English dictionary

The definition of crossness in the dictionary is bad-temperedness; anger.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CROSSNESS


airlessness
ˈɛələsnəs
consciousness
ˈkɒnʃəsnəs
contagiousness
kənˈteɪdʒəsnəs
dangerousness
ˈdeɪndʒərəsnəs
deliciousness
dɪˈlɪʃəsnəs
effortlessness
ˈɛfətləsnəs
endlessness
ˈɛndləsnəs
flawlessness
ˈflɔːləsnəs
godlessness
ˈɡɒdləsnəs
harmlessness
ˈhɑːmləsnəs
heedlessness
ˈhiːdləsnəs
hilariousness
hɪˈleərɪəsnəs
jealousness
ˈdʒɛləsnəs
lusciousness
ˈlʌʃəsnəs
meaninglessness
ˈmiːnɪŋləsnəs
obliviousness
əˈblɪvɪəsnəs
preciousness
ˈprɛʃəsnəs
self-consciousness
ˌsɛlfˈkɒnʃəsnəs
sparseness
ˈspɑːsnəs
statelessness
ˈsteɪtləsnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CROSSNESS

crossing guard
crossing over
crossing patrol
crossing point
crossish
crossjack
crosslet
crosslight
crosslinguistic
crossly
Crossman
crossopterygian
crossover
crossover bodice
crossover network
crossover value
crosspatch
crosspiece
crossroad
crossroads

WORDS THAT END LIKE CROSSNESS

biliousness
business
callousness
carelessness
deviousness
helplessness
homelessness
hopelessness
lawlessness
nervousness
obviousness
rebelliousness
religiousness
restlessness
ridiculousness
righteousness
seriousness
sleeplessness
thoughtlessness
unconsciousness
viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of crossness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «crossness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CROSSNESS

Find out the translation of crossness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of crossness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «crossness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

坏脾气
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

crossness
570 millions of speakers

English

crossness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

crossness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

crossness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

crossness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

crossness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধৃষ্টতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Crossness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersilang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ärgerlichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不機嫌
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

crossness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Salib
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

crossness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

crossness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अतिक्रमण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

huysuzluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

crossness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

crossness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

crossness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Crossness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Crossness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

crossness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Crossness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

crossness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of crossness

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CROSSNESS»

The term «crossness» is normally little used and occupies the 131.252 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CROSSNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «crossness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «crossness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about crossness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CROSSNESS»

Discover the use of crossness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to crossness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Crow-Omaha: New Light on a Classic Problem of Kinship Analysis
Crow-Omaha kinship—by which I mean kinship terminologies containing skewing—invariably also contains crossness. But there are many terminologies that have crossness without skewing. Skewing is something that is added to ( some) ...
Thomas R. Trautmann, Peter M. Whiteley, 2012
2
I. An Account of the Drainage of Paris. By H. B. H. II. On ...
The reservoir for condensing the feed-water was constructed under the boiler- house, because the ground upon which the Crossness works were built had to be excavated for foundations to a depth of 25 feet below the surface. If that space  ...
Henry Burdett HEDERSTEDT, James FORREST (Civil Engineer.), 1865
3
Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers
The reservoir for condensing the feed-water was constructed under the boiler- house, because the ground upon which the Crossness works were built had to be excavated for foundations to a depth of 25 feet below the surface. If that space  ...
Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain), 1865
4
Crossness Pumping Station
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Crossness Pumping Station was a sewage pumping station designed by engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette and architect Charles Henry Driver.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
5
A Rehabilitated Estuarine Ecosystem: The Environment and ...
6.4.2 Zone 2: London Bridge to Crossness Zone 2 is characterized by the appearance of the first permanent, though often highly mobile, intertidal and shallow subtidal mudflats. Small patches of mud occur at Greenwich, and by Woolwich the ...
Martin J. Attrill, 1998
6
New Scientist
Experimental sewage treatment soon followed, and precipitation works were completed at Beckton in 1889, and at Crossness in 1891. A further major step came with a Bill introduced to Parliament in 1893, consolidating the provisions of 32 ...
7
Science and Heritage: Report with Evidence; 9th Report of ...
13 February 2(H)6 Memorandum by the Crossness Engines Trust 1. The Crossness Engines Trust is pleased to respond to the inquiry into science and heritage. The Trust is a registered charity that co-ordinates a team of unpaid volunteers to ...
Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: Science and Technology Committee, 2006
8
Anthropology, by Comparison
Transformation of Kinship, co-editors Godelier, Trautmann and Tjon Sie Fat ( 1998: 11) assert that there are only two possible 'paths', logically speaking, to travel from a terminology framed on a Dravidian type of crossness to the Iroquois type ...
André Gingrich, Richard Gabriel Fox, 2002
9
Monsters and the Monstrous: Myths and Metaphors of Enduring Evil
10 running parallel to the river Thames. The architectural features of the pumping stations were tailored to accommodate the giant steam engines that made this pumping possible. However, the flamboyant decoration of Crossness and Abbey  ...
Niall Scott, 2007
10
The Thames: A Photographic Journey From Source to Sea
The Crossness Engines IN THE I8505 THE THAMES was an open sewer. The contents of cesspits and water closets emptied into local drains, which then dumped them into the river. This resulted in several cholera outbreaks during which up ...
Derek Pratt, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CROSSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term crossness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
It was manbags time says QUENTIN LETTS on yesterday in …
Biff, bate, pout, moue. Double ooooooh! After such histrionics, even the Scots Nats in full, clucking crossness was going to be a disappointment. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Visit This Incredible Mural In Creekmouth
Over 650 people were killed, many drowning in the raw sewage emanating from outfalls at Crossness and Barking. Their fate is remembered in ... «Londonist, Jul 15»
3
PICTURED: Kestrel chicks hatch at Crossness
The new arrivals are a big deal as the birds are listed as 'amber' on conservation watch lists, while the last time Crossness hosted a kestrel ... «News Shopper, Jul 15»
4
New on Amazon Prime in July: Extant S2, Arrow S2, '71 and …
Wrath of the Titans – Friday 3 July (“Not quite wrath, more a persistent crossness, and, in the case of Rosamund Pike's Andromeda, a kind of ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
5
PICTURED: Kestrels have returned to Crossness nature reserve …
The last kestrel chicks to hatch at Crossness took flight in 2010, but with the new lovebirds taking up residence in a nesting box, the chirrups of ... «News Shopper, Jun 15»
6
Air pollution, traffic, no space for cycling: TfL's east London road …
... traffic pollution and noise would increase, and there could be a negative impact on the Crossness Nature Reserve and Rainham Marsh sites. «CityMetric, Jun 15»
7
SludgeTech 2015: Focus on sludge treatment
... presentations of peer-reviewed scientific research and papers, with a site visit to Thames Water's Crossness sewage treatment works on day ... «Link2Portal, Jun 15»
8
When will Boris Johnson show his hand on the EU? QUENTIN …
Yesterday's debate was never bad-tempered but you could sense crossness close to the surface. Bernard Jenkin (Con, Harwich & N Essex), ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
9
Crossrail puts Abbey Wood on the regeneration fast track with two …
Crossness Pumping Station close to Abbey Wood was built by Sir Joseph Bazalgette in 1865, when London's sewage system was modernised. «Homes and Property, Jun 15»
10
PICTURED: Hundreds enjoy Thamesmead Arts Festival
... Got Talent and a stunning cello performance by Oliver Coates in the Victorian grade 1 listed building, Crossness Pumping Station. «News Shopper, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Crossness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/crossness>. Apr 2024 ».
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