ornery
ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper: No one can get along with my ornery cousin.
stubborn: I can't do a thing with that ornery mule.
low or vile.
inferior or common; ordinary.
Origin of ornery
1Other words for ornery
Other words from ornery
- or·ner·i·ness, noun
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How to use ornery in a sentence
It disgusted Tom Sawyer, and he said it was the orneriest, low-downest thing he ever heard of.
Tom Sawyer, Detective | Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)An' didn't he bring in four of the orneriest cusses that ever lived when they busted the Hart River cache?
Connie Morgan in the Fur Country | James B. HendryxBut this little thing is the orneriest critter I ever run across.
Ticktock and Jim | Keith RobertsonWell, I reckon he was p'raps the orneriest-lookin' beast you ever see.
Lords of the Housetops | VariousYer the orneriest ostrich fur a man of yer keerful eddication!
Old Gorgon Graham | George Horace Lorimer
British Dictionary definitions for ornery
/ (ˈɔːnərɪ) /
stubborn or vile-tempered
low; treacherous: an ornery trick
ordinary
Origin of ornery
1Derived forms of ornery
- orneriness, noun
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