Synonyms for cross-grained
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Ugly
ugly, wayward, stubborn, obstinate, ornery, churlish, perverse, cantankerous, cranky, sullen, refractory, intractable, contrarious dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Having an irregular rather than a parallel grain.
Related words
- Other spellings
- crossgrained
By length
- 4 letters
- ugly2
- 6 letters
- uneven3, cranky2, thwart1, sullen2, ornery3
- 7 letters
- wayward2
- 8 letters
- stubborn2, perverse2, churlish2
- 9 letters
- obstinate3
- 10 letters
- refractory4
- 11 letters
- intractable4, contrarious
- 12 letters
- cantankerous4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ugly2 = 2 syllables).