What is another word for against the grain?
446 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɐɡˈɛnst ðə ɡɹˈe͡ɪn], [ ɐɡˈɛnst ðə ɡɹˈeɪn], [ ɐ_ɡ_ˈɛ_n_s_t ð_ə ɡ_ɹ_ˈeɪ_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for against the grain:- opposed/opposing (adjective)
- oppositional (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- unwilling (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Against the grain:
adj.
•opposed/opposing (adjective)- Denying,
- antithetical,
- allergic,
- disputed,
- contrary,
- Combating,
- Exposing,
- defending,
- confronting,
- enemy,
- Objecting,
- Disputing,
- warring,
- antonymous,
- Battling,
- clashing,
- crossing,
- disagreeing,
- defensive,
- rival,
- repelling,
- irreconcilable,
- protesting,
- facing,
- antipathetic,
- Controverting,
- opposite,
- hostile,
- conflicting,
- inimical,
- averse,
- Gainsaying,
- incompatible.
- dissentient,
- up against,
- anti,
- at odds,
- unwilling,
- in opposition,
- at cross purposes,
- at cross-purposes,
- obstructive,
- restrictive.
- indocile,
- malcontent,
- shrinking,
- grudging,
- uneager,
- laggard,
- indisposed,
- reluctant,
- involuntary,
- Against,
- disobliging,
- afraid,
- evasive,
- recalcitrant,
- unready,
- loath,
- refractory,
- unaccommodating,
- shy,
- compelled,
- Demurring,
- slow,
- resistant,
- uncheerful,
- uncooperative,
- forced,
- unwishful,
- remiss,
- slack,
- unenthusiastic,
- disinclined,
- begrudging,
- hesitating,
- unobliging,
- uninclined,
- wayward.
n.
•Other relevant words: (noun)Other synonyms:
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- opposed.
- slump,
- perversely,
- dorsum,
- ford,
- loathly,
- cheerless,
- unsuited,
- disgusting,
- dim,
- loathsome,
- out,
- antonym,
- ill-tempered,
- get across,
- ill-sorted,
- quite,
- obliquely,
- mark,
- recusant,
- disorderly,
- intersect,
- obstinate,
- spoil,
- insubordinate,
- heels over head,
- unlikeable,
- hesitant,
- antithetic,
- competition,
- curly-grained,
- revolting,
- crabby,
- unbearable,
- bilk,
- mismated,
- backbone,
- inappropriate,
- unvoluntary,
- shrinkage,
- cut through,
- falloff,
- span,
- timid,
- sooner,
- deadening,
- sideboard,
- defensive attitude,
- drop-off,
- face-to-face,
- crosswalk,
- back up,
- disaffected,
- abaft,
- forth,
- equal,
- opposition,
- poke,
- unfriendly,
- crown of thorns,
- anticipate,
- drone,
- unendurable,
- punt,
- transversal,
- counterpunch,
- ho-hum,
- diametric,
- belligerent,
- book binding,
- morass,
- intersection,
- by,
- sensitized,
- into the wind,
- unsavoury,
- dawdler,
- pass over,
- polar,
- slake,
- let up,
- sweep,
- foresee,
- frustrate,
- mire,
- scrimy,
- dissenting,
- crabbed,
- thwart,
- backrest,
- inauspicious,
- kinda,
- poky,
- outside,
- crossbreeding,
- rear,
- replication,
- hybridisation,
- crisscross,
- supersensitive,
- retard,
- unwell,
- repellant,
- parry,
- wearisome,
- tabulator,
- tiresome,
- hindering,
- traverse,
- detestable,
- relax,
- ungovernable,
- lax,
- foil,
- topsy-turvily,
- get over,
- impeding,
- support,
- hybridizing,
- delinquent,
- loose,
- aft,
- pokey,
- bad-tempered,
- lagger,
- cladding,
- immune,
- foeman,
- sensitised,
- in great confusion,
- unsavory,
- contrastive,
- strained,
- tedious,
- antipathetical,
- gage,
- return,
- fussy,
- dull,
- obscene,
- discrepant,
- higgledy-piggledy,
- heel counter,
- reverse,
- off,
- track,
- second,
- dissonant,
- perverted,
- differently,
- contradictory,
- unappealing,
- poorly,
- head over heels,
- hybridization,
- competitor,
- nonvoluntary,
- hypersensitised,
- unruly,
- neglectful,
- contrarious,
- crossover,
- repulsive,
- diametrical,
- depressing,
- abominable,
- under the weather,
- reciprocally,
- tolerant,
- tardily,
- binding,
- hybrid,
- game,
- sort of,
- slackness,
- peaked,
- instead,
- sluggish,
- justificatory,
- stubborn,
- supersensitised,
- justificative,
- untempting,
- indorse,
- repellent,
- hypersensitive,
- grouchy,
- easy,
- trailer,
- boring,
- rejoinder,
- queer,
- touch,
- inverse,
- quagmire,
- retort,
- upwind,
- slowly,
- execrable,
- baffle,
- thwartwise,
- transverse,
- riposte,
- slow down,
- feebleminded,
- forestall,
- grumpy,
- unsympathetic,
- dumb,
- rachis,
- unfitting,
- carrefour,
- slack water,
- plunk for,
- vertebral column,
- opposite word,
- foe,
- dilatory,
- plump for,
- ailing,
- diffident,
- spinal column,
- aside,
- paired,
- veneer,
- uncontrollable,
- slack off,
- self-contradictory,
- disgustful,
- challenger,
- spine,
- furnace lining,
- slacken,
- behind,
- die away,
- dissident,
- wicked,
- untoward,
- unsure,
- face to face,
- falling off,
- constrained,
- kind of,
- the other way around,
- abate,
- lining,
- slow-witted,
- fractious,
- depraved,
- rebellious,
- resistive,
- hinder,
- wavy-grained,
- cover,
- war-ridden,
- scotch,
- aslant,
- unreconcilable,
- derelict,
- crossroad,
- obtuse,
- cut across,
- crossbreed,
- stake,
- jumbled,
- opponent,
- contraclockwise,
- hybridize,
- match,
- out or keeping,
- slack up,
- repugnant,
- foul,
- preferably,
- seedy,
- hugger-mugger,
- loth,
- ill-affected,
- sickly,
- reprobate,
- endorse,
- half-witted,
- decelerate,
- skanky,
- comeback,
- hybridise,
- dense,
- interbreed,
- contender,
- slow up,
- crossway,
- interbreeding,
- bet on,
- hind,
- supersensitized,
- niggardly,
- militant,
- buffet,
- yucky,
- hypersensitized.
- Contrariously,
- counter,
- against the wind,
- upside down,
- at war with,
- uninviting,
- Contra,
- in reverse,
- rearward,
- perverse,
- at issue,
- rearwards,
- cross-grained,
- on the contrary,
- unpleasant,
- arsy-varsy,
- rather,
- intolerable,
- contrarily,
- up in arms,
- cross,
- backwards,
- oppositional,
- anticlockwise,
- to the contrary,
- against one's will,
- per contra,
- topsy-turvy,
- Arear,
- unlikable,
- in hostile array,
- displeasing,
- astern,
- at war,
- widdershins,
- away,
- ass-backwards,
- unlovable,
- contrariwise,
- involuntarily,
- eyeball-to-eyeball,
- inversely,
- uncongenial,
- in flat opposition,
- distasteful,
- back,
- at daggers drawn,
- odious,
- conversely,
- by contraries,
- vice versa,
- against the tide,
- athwart,
- oppositely,
- at daggers,
- otherwise,
- at variance,
- abhorrent,
- Fro,
- unwillingly,
- retrad,
- backward,
- dislikable.
Antonyms for Against the grain:
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adj.
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opposed/opposing
Aiding, compatible, helping, similar, Assisting.
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unwilling
ready, eager, enthusiastic, prepared, willing.
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opposed/opposing