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ornery
/ˈɔɹnəɹi/
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What does ornery mean?
adjective
- (informal) Disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with; cantankerous.
- (humorous, informal) Troublesome to deal with in a good way; mischievous, prankish, teasing.
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adjective
- (obsolete) Ordinary, commonplace; hence, inferior, plain-looking, unpleasant.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɔɹnəɹi/
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That ornery hound kept coming and coming till he had begged back all the camels and had the whole hundred.
The more I studied about this, the more my conscience went to grinding me, and the more wicked and low-down and ornery I got to feeling.
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“You ornery bird,” he muttered, “I almost wish I’d wrung your neck when my brother the sailor brought you home. Will you never be done getting me into trouble?”