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Against the grain

//əˈɡɛnst ðə ɡɹeɪn//

Synonyms for "against the grain" (81 found)

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Informal (6)

Adj, name, noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adv, noun, prep, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, slang(1 words)

Adv, noun, prep, slang(1 words)

General use (75)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb(1 words)

Adj, adv, noun, verb(3 words)

backward topsy-turvy topsy turvy

Adjective(15 words)

contrary odious uncongenial abhorrent intolerable distasteful unpleasant up in arms cross-grained ass backwards uninviting unlikable dislikable unlovable retrad

Adj, adv, intj, verb(1 words)

Prep_phrase(10 words)

at odds at variance at issue on the other hand at war at cross-purposes to the contrary at daggers drawn in reverse on the contrary

Adv, prep(1 words)

Adj, adv, name(1 words)

Adj, adv(7 words)

otherwise counterclockwise eyeball to eyeball astern anticlockwise eyeball-to-eyeball hindward

Adj, adv, noun(2 words)

rearward rearwards

at cross purposes cross grained in opposition arsy-varsy a rebours against the wind against the tide at daggers at war with in confrontation in hostile array with crossed bayonets mislikable a reculons by contraries in flat opposition just the opposite nay rather tout au contraire

Adj, verb(1 words)

Adj, adv, verb(1 words)

Adverb(12 words)

vice versa arsy varsy widdershins contrariwise inversely conversely contrarily quite the contrary oppositely contrariously per contra hindwards

Adv, verb(1 words)

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