cross-grained vs waspish

cross-grained

adj
  • Difficult to deal with; contrary or troublesome. 

  • Having an irregular rather than a parallel grain. 

waspish

adj
  • Spiteful or irascible. 

  • Suggestive of the behaviour of a wasp. 

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