cross-grained
adjective
having the grain running transversely or diagonally, or having an irregular or gnarled grain, as timber.
cross-grainedness
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a word derived from
cross-grained.
Example Sentences
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But Lady Henley knew better: notwithstanding a more than usual share of jealousy and cross-grainedness, she was not without a heart.
From Old Kensington by Miss Thackeray
Sir Kay here shows his usual cross-grainedness; and Guinevere "with milde mood" requests to know "What the devil is thee within?"
From The English Novel by George Saintsbury
And Mrs. Grantly when she went to her bed could only lament in her own mind over what, in discussing the matter afterwards with her sister, she called the cross-grainedness of men.
From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
The cross-grainedness of men is so great that things will often be forced to go wrong, even when they have the strongest possible natural tendency of their own to go right.
From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
