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Meanings of
ornery
in English
Having a difficult and contrary disposition.
cantankerous
crotchety
Related terms
ill-natured
Usage of
ornery
in English
1
Of course, there's a fine line between that and just being
ornery
.
2
Only Jolene and Nate, an
ornery
bull-andHurricane Damon poised to strike.
3
The blacks an' yellers an' half-bred fellers and
ornery
folk like me.
4
Anyway, he was as
ornery
stingy as he could be an' live.
5
Lord, but that girl's worth about a dozen of your
ornery
kind.
6
A person gets a little
ornery
,
at times, living as I do.
7
He's an
ornery
cuss, he'd appreciate it all right, that old mule.
8
He was
ornery
as a pup, an' he's
ornery
as a dog.
9
The other fellow was about thirty, and dressed about as
ornery
.
10
Which is why Kendrick Lamar is the most
ornery
of modern rap stars.
11
Everyone knew that donkeys couldn't be handled, that they were stubborn and
ornery
.
12
This Hulls is jist dumb en
ornery
but Archie was smart.
13
Mean an'
ornery
as the meanest thing you can think of.
14
It ain't like as if it was an
ornery
two-by-four deal.
15
I don't mean no
ornery
Moosehide, Birch-Creek kind of a strike.
16
It makes a fella's kickin' and complainin' look kind of small and
ornery
.
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ornery
Adjective
Frequent collocations
as ornery
ornery cuss
more ornery
too ornery
ornery lot
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Ornery
through the time
Ornery
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common