against the grain (?.)

• 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
• backward
• backwards
• by contraries
• contra
• contrarily
• contrariously
• contrariwise
• conversely
• counter
• counterclockwise
• cross
• cross-grained
• dislikable
• displeasing
• distasteful
• eyeball-to-eyeball
• fro
• hindward
• hindwards
• in confrontation
• in flat opposition
• in hostile array
• in opposition
• in reverse
• intolerable
• inversely
• just the opposite
• mislikable
• nay rather
• odious
• on the contrary
• oppositely
• otherwise
• per contra
• quite the contrary
• rather
• rearward
• rearwards
• retrad
• to the contrary
• topsy-turvy
• tout au contraire
• uncongenial
• uninviting
• unlikable
• unlovable
• unpleasant
• up in arms
• upside down
• vice versa
• widdershins
• with crossed bayonets