cross-grained
Example Sentences
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He wrote, “You possess all the attributes of a demagogue: a screeching, horrible voice; a perverse, cross-grained nature; and the language of the market-place.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2019
The geologic mystery of the canyon is how the south-trending Colorado River made a sudden turn westward to carve its way, cross-grained, through four plateaus.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2019
And then there’s the cross-grained pairing of Dalziel and Pascoe.
From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2018
Perverse, obstinate, contrary, cross-grained, intractable, not amenable, in a dour sullen mood.
From BBC • Jul. 3, 2014
"I suppose I shall, if the match ever comes off," returned Chattaway, in a very cross-grained manner.
From Trevlyn Hold by Wood, Mrs. Henry
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
