GO AGAINST THE GRAIN

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Difficulty	Verb: be difficult; Adjective: run one hard, go against the grain, try one's patience, put one out; put to one's shifts, put to one's wit's end; go hard with one, try one; pose, perplex; (uncertain); bother, nonplus, gravel, bring to a deadlock; be impossible; be in the way of; (hinder).
Dislike	Cause dislike, excite dislike; disincline, repel, sicken; make sick, render sick; turn one's stomach, nauseate, wamble, disgust, shock, stink in the nostrils; go against the grain, go against the stomach; stick in the throat; make one's blood run cold; (give pain); pall.
Pain	Sicken, disgust, revolt, nauseate, disenchant, repel, offend, shock, stink in the nostrils; go against the stomach, turn the stomach; make one sick, set the teeth on edge, go against the grain, grate on the ear; stick in one's throat, stick in one's gizzard; rankle, gnaw, corrode, horrify, appal, appall, freeze the blood; make the flesh creep, make the hair stand on end; make the blood curdle, make the blood run cold; make one shudder.
Roughness	Verb: be rough; Adjective: go against the grain.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Modern Usage: GO AGAINST THE GRAIN

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	Go against the grain and we convert to the worst (Can't Nobody; performing artist: Nate Dogg)
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Expression: GO AGAINST THE GRAIN

Anagrams: GO AGAINST THE GRAIN

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-a-e-g-g-g-h-i-i-n-n-o-r-s-t-t"
	-4 letters: straightening.
	-5 letters: aggregations, ingatherings, integrations.
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Alternative Orthography: GO AGAINST THE GRAIN

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Synonyms within Context: GO AGAINST THE GRAIN

Expression using "GO AGAINST THE GRAIN": To go against the grain of. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.