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n. a wooden structure consisting of an upright post with a transverse piece

n. a representation of the structure on which Jesus was crucified; used as an emblem of Christianity or in heraldry

n. a marking that consists of lines that cross each other

n. an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague"

crossing, crossbreeding, interbreeding, hybridization, hybridisation, hybridizing

n. (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids

meet and pass

v. meet and pass; "the trains crossed"

fold so as to resemble a cross

v. fold so as to resemble a cross; "she crossed her legs"

intersect

v. meet at a point

traverse, span, extend

v. become extended

traverse, track, cover, get over, cut through, get across, pass over, cut across

v. travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"

crossing, transverse, thwartwise

adj. extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis; "cross members should be all steel"; "from the transverse hall the stairway ascends gracefully"; "transversal vibrations"; "transverse colon"

fussy, crabbed, crabby, grouchy, grumpy, bad-tempered, ill-tempered

adj. perversely irritable

weight

n. an artifact that is heavy

millstone

n. any load that is difficult to carry

air, strain, line, melody, tune, melodic phrase, melodic line

n. a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"

tattoo

n. a design on the skin made by tattooing

trouble

n. an event causing distress or pain; "what is the trouble?"; "heart trouble"

hardship, adversity

n. a state of misfortune or affliction; "debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity"; "a life of hardship"

difficulty

n. a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome; "grappling with financial difficulties"

disaster, tragedy, calamity, catastrophe, cataclysm

n. an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

misfortune, bad luck

n. unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event

suffering, woe

n. misery resulting from affliction

hurt, torture, torment, suffering, agony

n. feelings of mental or physical pain

ordeal

n. a severe or trying experience

hardship

n. something that causes or entails suffering; "I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women"- James Boswell; "the many hardships of frontier life"

crucible, melting pot

n. a vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions

affliction

n. a state of great suffering and distress due to adversity

misfortune, bad luck, ill luck

n. an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes

adversity

n. a stroke of ill fortune; a calamitous event; "a period marked by adversities"

draw together, converge, move together

v. move or draw together at a certain location; "The crowd converged on the movie star"

center, centre, move into the center

v. move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered"

join, conjoin, come together, make contact

v. make contact or come together; "The two roads join here"

cut, separate with an instrument

v. separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"

bridge

v. cross over on a bridge

tie, link, connect, put together, connect together

v. connect, fasten, or put together two or more pieces; "Can you connect the two loudspeakers?"; "Tie the ropes together"; "Link arms"

bridge, make a bridge across

v. make a bridge across; "bridge a river"

navigate

v. travel by boat propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"

negotiate, talk terms, confer on, discuss the terms of

v. discuss the terms of an arrangement; "They negotiated the sale of the house"

cut, separate with an instrument

v. separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope"

travel, journey

v. travel upon or across; "travel the oceans"

disagreeable, ill-natured

adj. not to your liking; "a most disagreeable journey"; "a disagreeable old man"; "in a disagreeable mood"

surly, churlish

adj. rude and boorish

objectionable, unpleasant, obnoxious

adj. causing disapproval or protest; "a vulgar and objectionable person"

offensive

adj. unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"

fretful, querulous, whiney, whining, whiny

adj. habitually complaining; "a whining child"

trans

adj. across or crossing or on the opposite side

argumentative, contentious, disputatious, disputative, litigious

adj. inclined or showing an inclination to dispute or disagree, even to engage in law suits; "a style described as abrasive and contentious"; "a disputatious lawyer"; "a litigious and acrimonious spirit"

dyspeptic, atrabilious, bilious, liverish

adj. irritable as if suffering from indigestion

bristly, prickly, snappish, splenetic, waspish

adj. very irritable; "bristly exchanges between the White House and the press"; "he became prickly and spiteful"; "witty and waspish about his colleagues"

cantankerous, crotchety, ornery

adj. having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

choleric, irascible, hotheaded, hot-headed, hot-tempered, quick-tempered, short-tempered

adj. quickly aroused to anger; "a hotheaded commander"

fractious, cranky, irritable, peevish, peckish, pettish, petulant, testy, tetchy, techy

adj. easily irritated or annoyed; "an incorrigibly fractious young man"; "not the least nettlesome of his countrymen"

gruff, crusty, curmudgeonly, ill-humored, ill-humoured

adj. brusque and surly and forbidding; "crusty remarks"; "a crusty old man"; "his curmudgeonly temper"; "gruff manner"; "a gruff reply"

sour, sullen, glum, moody, dour, glowering, morose, saturnine

adj. showing a brooding ill humor; "a dark scowl"; "the proverbially dour New England Puritan"; "a glum, hopeless shrug"; "he sat in moody silence"; "a morose and unsociable manner"; "a saturnine, almost misanthropic young genius"- Bruce Bliven; "a sour temper"; "a sullen crowd"

feisty, touchy

adj. quick to take offense

sulky, huffish

adj. sullen or moody

misanthropic, misanthropical

adj. hating mankind in general

misogynous

adj. hating women in particular

shirty, snorty

adj. (British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed

vixenish, shrewish, nagging

adj. continually complaining or faultfinding; "a shrewish wife"; "nagging parents"

ugly, surly

adj. inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace; "a surly waiter"; "an ugly frame of mind"

uncross

v. change from a crossed to an uncrossed position; "She uncrossed her legs"

pleasing, agreeable, good-natured

adj. conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature; "Is the plan agreeable to you?"; "he's an agreeable fellow"; "My idea of an agreeable person...is a person who agrees with me"- Disraeli; "an agreeable manner"

agreeable, amiable, good-humored, good-humoured, likable, likeable

adj. disposed to please; "an amiable villain with a cocky sidelong grin"- Hal Hinson

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