cross-grained

Speech parts

1. cross-grained - Adjective

2. cross-grained - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

difficult to deal with

of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

cross textured obstinate sidewise brambly froward contrarious tufted awk asperous pocky linsey-woolsey grained unshaven overthwart
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Antonyms

longitudinal

Examples

Well says the proverb, that it is better to live with wild beasts in caves, than in the same house with a cross-grained and quarrelsome woman. Agnolo Firenzuola

Close letter words and terms

cross-generational cross-grade cross-grain cross-grainedness cross-halving joint cross-handed