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Meanings of ornery in inglês

Having a difficult and contrary disposition.

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Examples for "cantankerous"
Examples for "cantankerous"
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That has been most starkly true in cantankerous America and Brexit-era Britain.
The economist
2
Tears are dreadful things; and these cantankerous men can rarely stand them.
Happy Pollyooly: The Rich Little Poor Girl
3
He is the most cantankerous and the dearest man I ever met.
The Lost Despatch
4
And now there isn't a lazier, more cantankerous fellow in the place.
Maurice Guest
5
I love Neil Young's attitude, he's beautifully cantankerous and a creative inspiration.
The Irish Times
1
No point in both of us being exposed to his crotchety attitude.
Here comes trouble
2
The members are as crotchety as though their place were a club.
The new yorker
3
So why is the comedian, actor and Observer columnist still so crotchety?
The Guardian
4
And in both cases an avowed dissentient is set down as 'crotchety.'
Physics and Politics, or, Thoughts on the application of the pri...
5
Maybe I'm just an old physicist that gets crotchety about these things.
Wired
Usage of ornery in inglês
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Of course, there's a fine line between that and just being ornery.
Ebony
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Only Jolene and Nate, an ornery bull-andHurricane Damon poised to strike.
Riding the storm
3
The blacks an' yellers an' half-bred fellers and ornery folk like me.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 21, 1920
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Anyway, he was as ornery stingy as he could be an' live.
Emerson's Wife and Other Western Stories
5
Lord, but that girl's worth about a dozen of your ornery kind.
Peggy Stewart, Navy Girl, at Home
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A person gets a little ornery, at times, living as I do.
I'd know you anywhere
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He's an ornery cuss, he'd appreciate it all right, that old mule.
The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail
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He was ornery as a pup, an' he's ornery as a dog.
Baldy of Nome
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The other fellow was about thirty, and dressed about as ornery.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
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Which is why Kendrick Lamar is the most ornery of modern rap stars.
Radio NZ
11
Everyone knew that donkeys couldn't be handled, that they were stubborn and ornery.
Hiding the Elephant
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This Hulls is jist dumb en ornery but Archie was smart.
David Lannarck, Midget / An Adventure Story
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Mean an' ornery as the meanest thing you can think of.
Casey Ryan
14
It ain't like as if it was an ornery two-by-four deal.
The Little Nugget
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I don't mean no ornery Moosehide, Birch-Creek kind of a strike.
Burning Daylight
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It makes a fella's kickin' and complainin' look kind of small and ornery.
Jim Waring of Sonora-Town; Or, Tang of Life
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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