cross-grained vs grouchy

cross-grained

adj
  • Difficult to deal with; contrary or troublesome. 

  • Having an irregular rather than a parallel grain. 

grouchy

adj
  • Irritable; easily upset; angry; tending to complain. 

How often have the words cross-grained and grouchy occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )