against the grain
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against the grain |
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a rebours, a reculons, abhorrent,
against the tide, against the wind, anticlockwise, arear, arsy-varsy, ass-backwards, astern, at cross-purposes, at daggers, at daggers drawn, at issue, at odds, at variance, at war with, athwart, away, back, backward,
backwards, by contraries, contra, contrarily, contrariously, contrariwise, conversely,
counter, counterclockwise, cross-grained, cross, dislikable, displeasing, distasteful, eyeball-to-eyeball, fro, hindward, hindwards, in confrontation, in flat opposition, in hostile array, in opposition, in reverse, intolerable, inversely, just the opposite, mislikable, nay rather, odious,
on the contrary, oppositely, otherwise, per contra, quite the contrary, rather, rearward, rearwards, retrad, to the contrary, topsy-turvy, tout au contraire, uncongenial,
uninviting, unlikable, unlovable,
unpleasant, up in arms, upside down, vice versa, widdershins, with crossed bayonets
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Main entries similar to: against the grain
arsy-varsy, ass-backwards, astern, at cross-purposes, at issue,
at odds, at variance, at war, athwart, away, back, backward, contra,
counter, counterclockwise, cross, cross-grained, eyeball to eyeball,
fro, in opposition, inversely, on the other hand, otherwise,
rather, rearward, topsy-turvy, up in arms, upside down,
vice versa, widdershins
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