ornery
adjective, or·ner·i·er, or·ner·i·est. Dialect.
Origin of ornery
Synonyms for ornery
Related Words for ornery
grouchy, ill-tempered, cranky, vicious, hard-nosed, obstinate, grumpy, nasty, cantankerous, contemptible, crabby, crusty, difficult, disagreeable, ignoble, irritable, quarrelsome, rotten, sour, surlyExamples from the Web for ornery
Contemporary Examples of ornery
The characters you play on the show are extremely diverse—ranging from a cocaine-rattled rich boy to an ornery Jewish grandpa.
The budding relationship between the ornery sexagenarian and the precocious young child ultimately gives the film its momentum.
He's an ornery cuss kind of Republican, extremely critical of Bush and Cheney back in the day.
Conard, the ornery lone researcher and writer, demands more of himself.
She was irritable and ornery almost all of the time, and she seemed to be trying to distance herself from the others.
Inside Tania Head’s Terrible 9/11 Lie: ‘The Woman Who Wasn’t There’Robin Gaby Fisher, Angelo J. Guglielmo, Jr.
April 6, 2012
Historical Examples of ornery
It certainly is the home camp of some of the most ornery reptiles, that a-way!
Faro Nell and Her FriendsAlfred Henry Lewis
To 'n ornery gentleman—of the road or what you will—I'm not, if so be he's the necessary.
RomanceJoseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
They're little an' young an' they ain't never done nothin' ornery.
The Gold GirlJames B. Hendryx
The other fellow was about thirty, and dressed about as ornery.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, CompleteMark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
He ain't no ornery, bloomin' skipper, nor Calamity ain't his name.
Captain CalamityRolf Bennett