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ornery

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or·ner·y  (ôrn-r)
adj. or·ner·i·er, or·ner·i·est
Mean-spirited, disagreeable, and contrary in disposition; cantankerous.
[Alteration of ordinary.]
orner·i·ness n.
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Adj.1.ornery - having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers
crotchety, cantankerous
ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition


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Blame dat man, he worries me wid dem ornery glasses o' his'n; I b'lieve he's a witch.
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