Cross-grained
Cross-grained adjective - Of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel.
Tetchy and cross-grained are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tetchy" instead an adjective phrase "Cross-grained".
Tetchy
Tetchy adjective - Easily offended.
Usage example: a morose and tetchy resident of a nursing home
Cross-grained and tetchy are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cross-grained" instead an adjective "Tetchy".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- irritable and cross-grained
- irritable and tetchy
- cranky and cross-grained
- cranky and tetchy
- disagreeable and cross-grained
- disagreeable and tetchy
- testy and cross-grained
- testy and tetchy
- contrary and cross-grained
- contrary and tetchy
- perverse and cross-grained
- perverse and tetchy
- touchy and cross-grained
- touchy and tetchy
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