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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition: |
stubborn, mean, or disagreeable.
Some of the neighbors have been ornery about the proposed community center.She's so ornery; she won't even try on the new clothes I got her.I wouldn't ask him now; he tends to be ornery first thing in the morning.- synonyms:
- cantankerous, irascible, mean, stubborn
- similar words:
- bad-tempered, crabby, crusty, disagreeable, feisty, grouchy, headstrong, obstinate, pigheaded, quarrelsome, short-tempered, sour, surly
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| related words: |
cantankerous, grumpy |
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| derivation: |
orneriness (n.) |
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