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Meanings of orneriness in inglés

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Meanspirited disagreeable contrariness.

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Synonyms
Examples for "cussedness"
Examples for "cussedness"
1
All the cussedness of the bovine race is centred in the cow.
Three Elephant Power, and Other Stories
2
I used to think it stuck there out of simple, pure cussedness.
Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest
3
What's more, the cussedness of this choice in itself gives me hope.
The Guardian
4
She wasn't held up for a solid week out of pure cussedness.
The False Faces: Further Adventures from the History of the Lone...
5
He rigged a little sled together out of pure nothing and cussedness.
The Wise Man’s Fear
Usage of orneriness in inglés
1
The mul taskmaster at the orphanage had taught him the errors of orneriness with daily demonstrations.
The brazen gambit
2
Oh, Pete comes by his orneriness honestly enough.
Hiram the Young Farmer
3
Anderson would not necessarily appreciate the comparison, but he has just a touch of McGrath's orneriness about him too.
The Guardian
4
But I seen I was a goner, and I forgive Hank all his orneriness, fur a feller don't want to die holding grudges.
Danny's Own Story
5
No gentleman ought to lay his indecencies onto John Barley corn when they're nothing more nor less than the outcroppin's of his own orneriness.
Heart of the Sunset
6
"All right, ma'am," he said from habit, not orneriness.
Boneshaker
7
"You got a lot of faith in our abilities." Aggie registered displeasure out of orneriness, not lack of confidence.
Imprudence
Frequent collocations
Translations for orneriness
Orneriness through the time