ornery

Speech parts

1. ornery - Adjective

2. ornery - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

having a difficult and contrary disposition

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Examples

I asked my doctor how many more years I have left and he said, 'You're too ornery to die.' Jimmy Piersall

All I say is, kings is kings, and you got to make allowances. Take them all around, they're a mighty ornery lot. It's the way they're raised. Mark Twain

a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady Source: Internet

In Amy's case, the apple didn't fall far from the tree and now Gordon, an ornery rogue and bigot, urges her to remain single and not settle down with Aaron. Source: Internet

It makes me want to live on a 19th-Century farm in upstate New York and get up before dawn to milk ornery cows and trudge to school through the snow. Source: Internet

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Kyle Busch may be ornery and he may be controversial, but there is no debate he is one of the best in NASCAR — mic drop and all. Source: Internet

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