orneriness

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or·ner·y

(ôr′nə-rē)

adj. or·ner·i·er, or·ner·i·est

Mean-spirited, disagreeable, and contrary in disposition; cantankerous.

[Alteration of ordinary.]

or′ner·i·ness′ n.

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Noun

orneriness - meanspirited disagreeable contrariness

cussedness

contrariness, perverseness, perversity - deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline

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