cross

1. noun

1)

a bronze cross

Syn:

crucifix, rood

2)

we all have our crosses to bear

Syn:

burden, trouble, worry, trial, tribulation, affliction, curse, bane, misfortune, adversity, hardship, vicissitude; millstone, albatross, thorn in one's flesh/side; misery, woe, pain, sorrow, suffering; informal hassle, headache

3)

a cross between a yak and a cow

Syn:

hybrid, hybridization, cross-breed, half-breed, mongrel; mixture, amalgam, blend, combination

2. verb

1)

they crossed the hills on foot

Syn:

travel across, traverse, range over; negotiate, navigate, cover

2)

a lake crossed by a fine stone bridge

Syn:

span, bridge; extend across, stretch across, pass over

3)

the point where the two roads cross

Syn:

intersect, meet, join, connect, crisscross

4)

no one dared cross him

Syn:

oppose, resist, defy, obstruct, impede, hinder, hamper; contradict, argue with, quarrel with, stand up to, take a stand against, take issue with; formal gainsay

5)

the breed was crossed with the similarly colored Holstein

Syn:

hybridize, cross-breed, interbreed, cross-fertilize, cross-pollinate

3. adjective

Jane was getting cross

- cross out

Syn:

angry, annoyed, irate, irritated, in a bad mood, vexed, irked, piqued, out of humor, put out, displeased; irritable, short-tempered, bad-tempered, snappish, snappy, crotchety, grouchy, grumpy, fractious, testy, crabby, cranky, mad, hot under the collar, peeved, riled, on the warpath, up in arms, steamed up, sore, bent out of shape, teed off, ticked off, pissed off

Ant:

pleased