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ornery

/ˈɔɹnəɹi/

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What does ornery mean?

adjective

  1. (informal) Disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with; cantankerous.
  2. (humorous, informal) Troublesome to deal with in a good way; mischievous, prankish, teasing.
More meanings (1)

adjective

  1. (obsolete) Ordinary, commonplace; hence, inferior, plain-looking, unpleasant.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɔɹnəɹi/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈɔɹnɹi//ˈɔnɹi/
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That ornery hound kept coming and coming till he had begged back all the camels and had the whole hundred.
Mark TwainTom Sawyer AbroadProject Gutenberg ebook #91
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.
Mark TwainAdventures of Huckleberry FinnProject Gutenberg ebook #76
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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?”
L. M. (Lucy Maud) MontgomeryAnne of AvonleaProject Gutenberg ebook #47