cross-grained

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

• 🇩🇪Veraltetes Adjektiv, das eine Person beschreibt, die eigensinnig, störrisch oder schwierig im Umgang ist.

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.

   🇩🇪Eigensinnig

   Synonyme: cantankerouscontrarycrankygrouchyintractableirritableobstinateorneryperverserefractorystubborntesty

   Antonyme: 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.

   🇩🇪Unregelmäßiger Faserverlauf

   Synonyme: curly-grainedgnarledgnarlytwisted

   Antonyme: fine-grainedstraight-grained

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