cross-grained
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cross-grained
adjective
- Having an irregular rather than a parallel grain.
- Difficult to deal with; contrary or troublesome. It is quite wonderful to me, in such a cross-grained, hardening, and harsh world as ours, where she can have contrived to keep so much of open, fresh, and kindly feeling.
Talk about this word "cross-grained." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cross-grained. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cross-grained. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cross-grained "cross-grained." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cross-grained.
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@misc{cross_grained_2026,
title = {cross-grained},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cross-grained},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
