cross-grained

An old-fashioned adjective describing a person who is stubborn, contrary, or difficult to deal with.

• 🌐صفة تصف شخصًا عنيدًا أو صعب المراس، كثير الخلاف، لا يسهل التعامل معه أو إقناعه. تُستعمل أيضًا لوصف الخشب الذي تتعارض أليافه فيصعب تشكيله.

1. Difficult or stubborn C1 informal british

   Having a temperament that is hard to manage, contrary, or irritable.

   • The old man was cross-grained and refused to listen to anyone.
   • Dealing with a cross-grained client can be exhausting.
   • His cross-grained attitude made teamwork nearly impossible.

   🌐العنيد المشاكس

   المرادفات: cantankerouscontrarycrankygrouchyintractableirritableobstinateorneryperverserefractorystubborntesty

   الأضداد: agreeableamiablecompliantdocileeasygoinggenialgood-naturedobligingpleasanttractable

2. Irregular wood grain C2 formal

   Describing timber where the fibers run in a twisted or irregular pattern, not parallel to the length.

   • Cross-grained wood is difficult to plane smoothly.
   • The carpenter avoided using cross-grained timber for the table legs.
   • This type of wood is often cross-grained, making it prone to splitting.

   🌐تعرض ألياف الخشب للالتواء

   المرادفات: curly-grainedgnarledgnarlytwisted

   الأضداد: fine-grainedstraight-grained

• more cross-grained comparative form
• most cross-grained superlative form