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against the grain

adverb

Roget 256: against the grain.   

Roget 603: unwillingly etc. adj.; grudgingly, with a heavy heart; with a bad, with an ill grace; against one's wishes, against one's will, against the grain, sore against one's wishes, sore against one's will, sore against one's grain; ... show more

Roget 704: with difficulty, with much ado; barely, hardly etc. adj.; uphill; against the stream, against the grain; d rebours [Fr.]; invita Minerva [Lat.]; in the teeth of; at a pinch, upon a pinch; ... show more

Roget 708: against, versus, counter to, in conflict with, at cross purposes.    against the grain, against the current, against the stream, against the wind, against the tide; with a headwind; with the wind ahead, with the wind in one's teeth.    in spite, ... show more

Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.

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