cross-grained vs testy

cross-grained

adj
  • Difficult to deal with; contrary or troublesome. 

  • Having an irregular rather than a parallel grain. 

testy

adj
  • Marked by impatience or ill humor. 

  • Easily annoyed, irritable. 

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