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