Today's word is:
There are many different meanings and ways to use the word cross.
Cross, as in to go over.
Cross, as in to be angry or irritable.
Cross, as in crucifix.
Cross, as in burden, having a cross to bear.
Cross, as in to edit out, cross off.
Cross, as in intersect, crossroads.
Cross, as in mixed, like a mutt, a cross-breed.
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Depending on how you use it, this list may come in handy for finding another way to say the same thing.
adverse, affliction, angry, annoyed, argue with,
argumentative
baffle, bearish, bellicose, belligerent, bilious, bilk, blend,
bridge, burden
cancel, cantankerous, captious, caviling, choked, choleric,
churlish, cloverleaf, combative, come across, connect, contentious, continue, contradict,
contrary, cover, crabby, cranky, crisscross, crossbreed, cross-grained, crossroad,
crosswalk, crossway, crosswise, crotchety, crucifix, cruise, crusty, curmudgeonly,
cut across/through
decussation, defy, delete, disagreeable, disputatious, dyspeptic
edit out, encounter, enlace, exchange, ex-out, extend, extend across/over
faultfinding, fiery, foil, fold, fold up, forbid, ford, forestall,
fractious, fretful, frustrate
gainsay, get across, get over, go across/through/over, grade
crossing, grating, gridiron, grouchy, grumpy
hacked off, hamper, hinder, hot-blooded, huffy, hybridize
ill-humored/natured/tempered, impatient, impede, in a bad
mood, ink out, interchange, intersect/intersection, intertwine, irascible,
irritable
join, jumpy, junction
lace, lie athwart of, liverish, load, loop
meet, misery, misfortune, mixture, move across, mongrel,
mutt
navigate, negotiate, network
oblique, obliterate, obstruct, off-color, oppose, opposite, ornery,
out of humor, overpass
pass, passage, passionate, pass over, peeved/peevish, perverse,
petty, petulant, pissed off, ply, pouty, preclude, prevent, prickly, pugnacious,
put out
quarrel/quarrelsome, querulous, queer, quick-tempered
range over, raspy, ratty, reciprocal, resist, rood, run
across/into
sail, score out, scotch, scrappy, screen, see, sensitive, short,
short-tempered, snappish/snappy, snarly, snarky, span, snippety, splenetic, spoil,
stand up to, stretch across, strike out, stuffy, sulky, sullen, surly, sweep
take a stand against, take issue with, testy, tetchy,
thin-skinned, thwart, touchy, track, traversal,
traverse, tribulation, trouble, truculent, turn up
underpass, unfavourable
vexed, voyage
waspish, woe, worry
zigzag
Is cross a word you use too much? Are there any words in this list that stick out as ones you might use? I'm partial to peevish, myself. I'm a person who becomes peevish when I get hungry.
For your listening pleasure... Many Rivers to Cross by Jimmy Cliff.
Dig the glasses man. A true and beautiful individual.
Is cross a word you use too much? Are there any words in this list that stick out as ones you might use? I'm partial to peevish, myself. I'm a person who becomes peevish when I get hungry.
For your listening pleasure... Many Rivers to Cross by Jimmy Cliff.
Crotchety - that's a fun word. Always think of an old man.
ReplyDeleteGreat alternatives for so. I find myself cutting it all the time. It's best to use stronger words.
ReplyDeleteWaspish..... haven't heard that one in a long time. What a list.
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of definitions for cross, aren't there?
ReplyDeleteYeah! The glasses say a whole lot. Love the inverted triangles! Where can we get a pair? SOOOOOO love his music and contributions.
ReplyDeleteLove, Erva
Excellent alternatives!
ReplyDeleteSome great synonyms, Bish. I loved the song. Such an interesting voice.
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