Definition for Cross-grained:

• of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel

Synonyms for Cross-grained:

• adj.

  •crotchety (adjective)
  • testy,
  • unusual,
  • vinegary,
  • crusty,
  • cranky,
  • awkward,
  • waspish,
  • bearish,
  • difficult,
  • queer,
  • grouchy,
  • odd,
  • curmudgeonly,
  • contrary,
  • grumpy,
  • ornery,
  • irritable,
  • Crossgrained,
  • disagreeable,
  • crabby,
  • obstreperous,
  • surly,
  • cantankerous,
  • waspy,
  • peevish,
  • bad-tempered,
  • eccentric,
  • fractious,
  • obstinate.
  •rough (adjective)
  • hairy,
  • rugged,
  • chapped,
  • scraggy,
  • harsh,
  • scraggiest,
  • tousled,
  • unequal,
  • tufted,
  • Asperous,
  • bushy,
  • wrinkly,
  • brambly,
  • cragged,
  • unfinished,
  • nodular,
  • knotty,
  • disheveled,
  • bristly,
  • unshorn,
  • wrinkled,
  • unshaven,
  • ridged,
  • jagged,
  • scabrous,
  • stony,
  • knobby,
  • sharp,
  • fuzzy,
  • craggy,
  • bearded,
  • tangled,
  • rocky,
  • nappy,
  • woolly,
  • not smooth.
  •wayward (adjective)
  • delinquent,
  • balky,
  • immoral,
  • capricious,
  • insubordinate,
  • inconstant,
  • changeable,
  • self-indulgent,
  • aberrant,
  • mulish,
  • variable,
  • willful,
  • unstable,
  • erratic,
  • arbitrary,
  • uncompliant,
  • flighty,
  • whimsical,
  • errant,
  • fickle,
  • undependable,
  • disorderly.

• n.

  •cross-grained (noun)
  • stubborn,
  • uneven.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • Pocky,
  • sulky,
  • unrestrained,
  • ill-tempered,
  • feisty,
  • touchy,
  • uncontrollable,
  • Overthwart,
  • shagged,
  • ill-natured,
  • wilful,
  • textured,
  • churlish,
  • against the grain,
  • across the grain,
  • crabbed,
  • cussed,
  • pitted,
  • unruly,
  • thwart,
  • intractable,
  • coarse-grained,
  • ugly,
  • unregenerate,
  • disobedient,
  • captious,
  • sideways,
  • sullen,
  • refractory,
  • contentious,
  • excitable,
  • huffish,
  • potholed,
  • rutty,
  • rank,
  • rampageous,
  • irascible,
  • choppy,
  • wrongheaded,
  • corrugated,
  • Cankered,
  • crosswise,
  • lawless,
  • Wimpled,
  • unaccommodating,
  • irregular,
  • crossways,
  • sidewise,
  • granular,
  • shaggy,
  • homespun,
  • strong-willed,
  • roughhewn,
  • roughcast,
  • recalcitrant,
  • opposed,
  • rough-hewn,
  • obdurate,
  • antipathetic,
  • contumacious,
  • tetchy,
  • petulant,
  • ATHWARTSHIPS,
  • across,
  • unlevel,
  • rebellious,
  • stuffy,
  • transversely,
  • unsmooth,
  • undisciplined,
  • spiteful,
  • traverse,
  • crossway,
  • unpredictable,
  • mutinous,
  • restive,
  • hostile,
  • linsey-woolsey,
  • mean,
  • headstrong,
  • rogue,
  • anarchic,
  • unfriendly,
  • ruffled,
  • inimical,
  • Rough-cast,
  • pimply,
  • Rough-grained,
  • argumentative,
  • transverse,
  • bumpy,
  • antagonistic,
  • unpolished,
  • athwart,
  • jolty,
  • Grained,
  • unmanageable,
  • vinegarish,
  • froward,
  • bitchy,
  • unrefined,
  • ungovernable,
  • bilious,
  • Inequal,
  • obliquely,
  • snappish,
  • independent,
  • grainy,
  • wild,
  • rutted,
  • stroppy,
  • Thwartly,
  • granulated,
  • contrariwise,
  • Ripply,
  • quarrelsome,
  • gritty,
  • incorrigible,
  • choleric,
  • splenetic,
  • Spleeny,
  • crisscross,
  • broken,
  • revolting,
  • huffy,
  • gross,
  • coarse,
  • unkempt,
  • perverse,
  • pigheaded.

Antonyms for Cross-grained:

• adj.

  • crotchety
    cheerful, nice, pleasant, happy.
  • rough
    accurate, complete, polished, polite, definite, ordered, flat, smooth, even, regular, soft, gentle, moderate, refined, courteous, neat, unwrinkled, mild, level, easy, sophisticated, calm, temperate, precise.
  • wayward
    controllable, obedient, compliant, dependable, manageable, steady.
  • Other antonyms:
    docile.