crossgrained
Adjective
Meaning
Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely an irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing.
Perverse; untractable; contrary.
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
rusty
deaf
refractory
unruly
intractable
perverse
willful
headstrong
wayward
heady
cantankerous
restive
contumacious
unaccommodating
cussed