SINCE 1828
cross-grained
adjective
\ ˈkrȯs-ˌgrānd
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Definition of cross-grained
1
: difficult to deal with
her husband's self-absorbed and cross-grained nature— Lance Morrow
2
: having the grain or fibers running diagonally, transversely, or irregularly
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