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What is another word for cross-grained?

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(of timber) Having an irregular rather than a parallel grain

Uncooperative and difficult to deal with

Having an uneven or irregular surface

Cranky, disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or fancies

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(of timber) Having an irregular rather than a parallel grain

irregular-grain

cross-grain

spiral-grain

“The drawer openings were defined by cross-grained half-round moldings glued directly to the case.”

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Uncooperative and difficult to deal with

with one's toes dug in

with one's feet dug in

obstinately disobedient

without law and order

off straight and narrow

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“One can see that his colleagues must have regarded him as a cross-grained old curmudgeon.”

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Having an uneven or irregular surface

chiseled^US

chiselled^UK

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Cranky, disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or fancies

ill-humored^US

as cross as two sticks

like a bear with a sore head

having got out of bed the wrong side

having got out of bed on the wrong side

got up on wrong side of bed

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

humourless^UK

humorless^US

have chip on shoulder

sombre^UK

somber^US

with all guns blazing

beside yourself with rage

recalcitrant

contumacious

vehement

apt to fly off the handle

having a chip on one's shoulder

antagonized^US

antagonised^UK

scandalized^US

scandalised^UK

criticizing^US

criticising^UK

having a fit of the sulks

gray^US

grey^UK

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