Cross synonyms and antonyms
krôs, krŏs
Category:
Part of speech:
easily annoyed
Ill-tempered
Religious symbol, especially of Christianity
To extend across; cross:
extend across
To lie across
calvary cross
A Latin cross set on three steps.
latin-cross
A plain, right-angled cross having the vertical bar longer
Peevish; petulant; cross
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Something that is a mixture or combination of elements:
(Biochemistry) to combine complementary subunits of multiple biological macromolecules
Alternative spelling of bad-tempered.
Marked by or inclined to anger or bad feelings; disagreeable:
cut the ground from under
The symbol for the Roman numeral 10.
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Anything causing pain or distress; calamity
The act or process of testing, trying, or putting to the proof:
An instance of this; unlucky accident; mishap; mischance
Short for hybrid vehicle (especially a car), one that runs on both fuel (gasoline/diesel) and electricity (battery or energy from the sun).
go across
To pass over
To pass over
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To cross (a body of water) at a ford.
To pass over
To measure, esp. by the hand with the thumb and little finger extended
Crossing one another
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travel over
To pass over
To cut into or between; to cut or cross mutually; to divide into parts.
lie athwart
To lie across
rest across
To lie across
(Intransitive) Of two or more entities, to approach each other; to get closer and closer.
To deprive of purity by mixture; to contaminate.
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To breed or reproduce within a heterogenous community, the products of which produce hybrids.
To remove from a document or record:
To go about making political speeches.
Surly and peevish; cranky.
Having a bad temper; irritable.
meet (related)
Meet is defined as to come face to face with, be there when someone or something arrives, or to be introduced.
To come together; to meet.
To pollinate using cross-pollination
cross-fertilize
To undergo (cause to undergo) cross-fertilization.
To cross back over one another
To combine or mix (different substances) so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable from one another:
angry (related)
(Chiefly New England & Midland US) Inflamed and painful:
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critical (related)
Including scholarly commentary and interpretation:
difficulty (related)
The condition or quality of being difficult:
mixture (related)
The condition of being mixed:
divide (related)
To give out or apportion among a number:
mix (related)
(Music) To combine several tracks.
fylfot
A swastika, especially one with the arms bent in an anticlockwise direction.
A responsibility or duty:
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To move across magnetic heads. Used of magnetic tape.
Transit is defined as to pass through or to reverse direction.
To cut using a crosscut saw.
Off or out: annul
To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean.
To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; generally with out.
(Printing) To delete or omit
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To efface is defined as to make yourself inconspicuous or hidden from attention, or to erase something or consciously forget something.
To apply to a surface firmly and with friction:
(Sports) To withdraw (an entry) from a contest, specif. from a horse race
To affect by a sudden impression or impulse.
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Undo is defined as to release, reverse or put an end to.
To spread or apply by or as if by wiping:
To make an office, position, place, etc. vacant
To confuse so as to keep from understanding or solving; puzzle; confound
(Archaic) To miss or let slip by
Check means to test, examine, compare or inspect something to see if it is as it should be.
To foil is defined as to keep something from happening.
To cause feelings of discouragement, annoyance, or lack of fulfillment in:
To hinder or obstruct as with a stymie
To oppose and defeat the efforts, plans, or ambitions of (someone).
Hard to understand because intricate or complicated
Not agreeable, conformable, or congruous; contrary; unsuitable.
Characterized by or resulting from anger.
The definition of nasty is something that is very dirty, unpleasant or offensive.
Showing ill humor or impatience, as a glance or remark
Often complaining; suggesting a complaint in expression; fretful, whining.
Snappish:
The definition of surly is someone who is bad-tempered, or something that is threatening such as poor weather.
Bad-tempered; snappish
Grouchy; ill-tempered.
(Slang) Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome:
heavy (related)
Heavy is defined as a somber role or the role of a villain in theatre or is slang for an influential person.
over (related)
The period of time during which this takes place
move (related)
To be disposed of by sale:
continue (related)
To remain in the same place or position; stay
allow (related)
To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
attitude (related)
Having or showing a bad temper
zebrass
Cross-shaped
An old unit of land measure usually equal to14 acre (40 square rods)
To cross or become crossed so as to form an X; intersect.
Irritable and curt:
recrossing (related)
bridge (related)
re-cross (related)
crossing-over (related)
criss (related)
bridge-over (related)
crossing (related)
recrossed (related)
re-crossed (related)
trestle-bridge (related)
recross (related)
re-crosses (related)
Easily startled
greek-cross
A cross formed by two bars of equal length crossing in the middle at right angles to each other.
papal cross
Religious symbol, especially of Christianity
maltese-cross
(Gymnastics) A position on the rings where the gymnast's body is horizontal and straight, with arms to the side; a horizontal planche.
cross-of-lorraine
A cross consisting of a vertical bar intersected by a shorter horizontal one above its midpoint, and again by another horizontal bar half the length of the first, intersecting the vertical bar midway between the larger horizontal bar and the top of the vertical bar: ☨
To make (an estate, for example) void; annul.
Difficult to handle:
(Not comparable) Opposite; confronting.
allogamous
(Botany) Characterized by allogamy.
Afflicted with nausea or vomiting; queasy
The definition of captious is a statement made for the purpose of creating an argument, or fond of finding the mistakes of others.
(--- Archaic) Having choler as the dominant humor in terms of medieval physiology.
Stingy or mean
Provoking or likely to provoke controversy
(Music) Moving in the opposite direction at a fixed interval:
Vital to the resolution of a crisis or the determination of an outcome:
Overlapping or crossing, as the wings of some insects when at rest.
Having, resembling, or being a crust:
Believing or showing the belief that people are motivated chiefly by base or selfish concerns; skeptical of the motives of others:
The definition of fractious is someone who is bad tempered, or someone or something that is difficult to control.
Spiteful; nasty:
inaffable
Not affable; reserved in social intercourse.
Inverted; reversed in order or relation; directly opposite
irascible acrimonious
Sullenly melancholy; gloomy.
The definition of perverse is deliberately behaving badly or improperly, despite knowing that your actions are likely to have bad consequences.
quadrivial
Of the quadrivium
vixenish
Of or pertaining to a vixen; resembling a vixen.
The process of cross-fertilizing; cross-fertilization
A crossroads.
chiasma
(Genetics, cytology) The contact point between the two chromatids of a chromosome during meiosis.
crucifier
One who crucifies.
decussation
A crossing or intersection of lines etc. so as to form an X-shape.
gammadion
A figure made by four capital gammas radiating from a center; esp., a swastika
A device used for hanging a person until dead; a gallows.
quadrivium
In the Middle Ages, the higher division of the seven liberal arts, consisting of arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music
rebated cross
(Heraldry) A bearing like a Saint Andrew's cross, formed by a bend and a bend sinister crossing
(Nautical) The flat or nearly flat stern of a boat or ship.
(Rare) To emblematize
To make difficult to accomplish; to frustrate, act as obstacle.
To add a small amount of a substance to (something to be ingested), as to render it flavorful, potent, toxic, etc.
To navigate is to plan your course or to steer, guide or move through something.
run counter to
To engage by written contract; sign on
happy (antonym)
Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous.
cheerful (antonym)
Willing; ready
pleasant (antonym)
Merry; lively.
help (antonym)
(Intransitive) To provide assistance.
aid (antonym)
To provide assistance, support, or relief to:
assist (antonym)
(Sports) To make a pass that leads directly towards scoring.
abet (antonym)
The definition of abet means to support or help with an action, usually an illegal one.
part (antonym)
(Archaic) To divide into shares or portions.
separate (antonym)
To place in different groups; sort:
remain (antonym)
To endure or persist:
Easily upset; given to bouts of ill temper:
Running or lying across; transverse; as, a transversal line.
(Archaic) Athwart; from side to side; across.
(Chemistry) The linear combination of atomic orbitals in a molecule to form hybrid orbitals.
Alternative form of hybridization.
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
Breeding within a narrow range of individuals
(genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
A written or printed symbol used for punctuation; a punctuation mark.
A spiny starfish (Acanthaster planci) of the Pacific and Indian Oceans that feeds on coral polyps.
travel across or pass over
To reevaluate or reinterpret a work with an eye to sexual orientation and/or to gender, as by applying queer theory.
To overindulge so as to cause to demand or expect too much
To prevent (something) from being successful.
To get away without paying (a debt, etc.)
To extend gracefully, especially in a long curve:
uncross (antonym)
To change back from a crossed position
crosslike
Resembling a cross.
Bearing a cross.
mongrelize
To intermix in racial or ethnic character
metisse
mixed-blood
quintroon
sambo
A Russian martial art and combat sport.
tigon
The hybrid offspring of a male tiger and a female lion.
re-crossing (related)
Crossbred
celtic cross
A Latin cross having a wheel-like circle around the intersection of the bars
Jerusalem cross
Religious symbol, especially of Christianity
patriarchal cross
A Latin cross having two horizontal bars, of which the upper is the shorter.
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