CROSS-GRAINED Synonyms

• a relation of direct opposition

• exact opposition

• a logical relation such that two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false

• very opposed in nature or character or purpose

• of words or propositions so related that both cannot be true but both may be false

• resistant to guidance or discipline

• in an opposing direction

• not tractable; difficult to manage or mold

• unreasonably rigid in the face of argument or entreaty or attack

• tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

• stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing

• resistant to guidance or discipline

• persist stubbornly

• marked by a disposition to oppose and contradict

• resistant to guidance or discipline

• deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good

• obstinate and stupid

• tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

• not responding to treatment

• stubbornly unyielding

• resistant to physical force or pressure

• of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel

• of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel