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cross - noun

  1. Something hard to bear physically or emotionally: affliction, burden, trial, tribulation. See heavy. over.

cross - verb

  1. To go across: pass, track, transit, traverse. See move.
  2. To pass through or over: crisscross, crosscut, cut across, decussate, intersect. See meet.
  3. To remove or invalidate by or as if by running a line through or wiping clean. annul, blot(out), cancel, delete, efface, erase, expunge, obliterate, rub(out), scratch(out), strike(out), undo, wipe(out), x(out). Law vacate. See continue.
  4. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose: baffle, balk, check, checkmate, defeat, foil, frustrate, stymie, thwart. Informal stump. See allow.

cross up - phrasal verb

  1. To cause the complete ruin or wreckage of: bankrupt, break down, demolish, destroy, finish, ruin, shatter, sink, smash, spoil, torpedo, undo, wash up, wrack, wreck. Slang total. See help.

cross - adjective

  1. Having or showing a bad temper: bad-tempered, cantankerous, crabbed, cranky, disagreeable, fretful, grouchy, grumpy, ill-tempered, irascible, irritable, nasty, peevish, petulant, querulous, snappish, snappy, surly, testy, ugly, waspish. Informal crabby, mean. See attitude.