cross

cross

adjective

Definition of CROSS

1

being offspring produced by parents of different races, breeds, species, or genera <raises both purebred and cross lambs>

Synonyms cold-blooded (or coldblood), cross, crossbred, hybrid, mongrel

Related Words grade, half-bred; dihybrid, trihybrid; crossed, hybridized, interbred, outcrossed

Near Antonyms pedigreed (or pedigree); inbred, linebred, straightbred

Antonyms blooded, full-blood, full-blooded, purebred, thoroughbred

2

easily irritated or annoyed <she was cross all day because of a nagging headache>

Synonyms choleric, crabby, cranky, cross, crotchety, fiery, grouchy, grumpy, irascible, peevish, perverse, pettish, petulant, prickly, quick-tempered, raspy, ratty, short-tempered, snappish, snappy, snarky, snippety, snippy, stuffy, testy, waspish

Related Words bearish, bilious, cantankerous, cross-grained, curmudgeonly, disagreeable, dyspeptic, ill-humored, ill-natured, ill-tempered, off-color (or off-colored), ornery, querulous, snarly, surly; argumentative, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, disputatious, fractious, fretful, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent; huffy, pouty, sensitive, short, sulky, sullen, tetchy, thin-skinned, touchy; hot-blooded, passionate

Near Antonyms affable, companionable, cordial, extroverted (also extraverted), friendly, genial, gregarious, outgoing, sociable; agreeable, amiable, good-natured, good-tempered, sweet, well-disposed; carefree, easygoing, happy-go-lucky, relaxed; forbearing, long-suffering, obliging, patient, stoic (or stoical), tolerant, uncomplaining, understanding