cross-grained
adjective
[ ˈkrɒsɡreɪnd ]
• (of timber) having a grain that runs across the regular grain.
• stubbornly contrary or bad-tempered.
• "Bruce was a cross-grained and boastful individual"
Similar:
awkward,
difficult,
uncooperative,
perverse,
contrary,
unhelpful,
obstructive,
disobliging,
unaccommodating,
unreasonable,
troublesome,
tiresome,
annoying,
vexatious,
disobedient,
recalcitrant,
refractory,
wilful,
headstrong,
self-willed,
capricious,
wayward,
stubborn,
obstinate,
obdurate,
mulish,
pig-headed,
bull-headed,
intractable,
thrawn,
cussed,
bloody-minded,
bolshie,
stroppy,
balky,
froward,
contumacious,
renitent,
pervicacious,
contrarious,
