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Cross-grained

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having an irregular rather than a parallel grain. not-comparable
  2. 2
    Difficult to deal with; contrary or troublesome. broadly, not-comparable

    "It is quite wonderful to me, in such a cross-grained, hardening, and harsh world as ours, where she can have contrived to keep so much of open, fresh, and kindly feeling."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel wordnet
  2. 2
    characterized by self-willed opposition wordnet

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