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cross grained
adjective as in rough
adjective as in wayward
Weak matches
- aberrant
- arbitrary
- balky
- changeable
- contumacious
- cross-grained
- disobedient
- disorderly
- fickle
- flighty
- fractious
- froward
- immoral
- inconstant
- incorrigible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- ornery
- perverse
- refractory
- restive
- self-indulgent
- self-willed
- stubborn
- uncompliant
- undependable
- ungovernable
- unpredictable
- unstable
- variable
- whimsical
- willful
adjective as in crotchety
adjective as in crotchety
adjective as in rough
adjective as in wayward
Weak matches
- aberrant
- arbitrary
- balky
- changeable
- contumacious
- cross-grained
- disobedient
- disorderly
- fickle
- flighty
- fractious
- froward
- immoral
- inconstant
- incorrigible
- insubordinate
- intractable
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- ornery
- perverse
- refractory
- restive
- self-indulgent
- self-willed
- stubborn
- uncompliant
- undependable
- ungovernable
- unpredictable
- unstable
- variable
- whimsical
- willful
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Example Sentences
When a little girl she had been almost afraid of her cross-grained relative—the only relative she had in the world.
Ruth looked across the table at her cross-grained old relative and made no direct reply to his question.
This was an agreeably different person from the nagging, cross-grained old creature who had made her life a burden!
It was not long before somebody came to tell Belinchon of the mayor's cross-grained conduct about the music.
It is said, however, that the Duke is no fool, but so cross-grained that he spoils everything he touches.
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On this page you'll find 151 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cross-grained, such as: cantankerous, crusty, grouchy, grumpy, ornery, and awkward.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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