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- Dictionaryornery/ˈɔːn(ə)ri/
adjective
- 1. bad-tempered or difficult to deal with: informal North American "an ornery old military man"
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adjective. infml us / ˈɔr·nər·i / Add to word list. tending to get angry and argue with people: He’s ornery and opinionated, but he doesn’t lie.
The meaning of ORNERY is having an irritable disposition : cantankerous. How to use ornery in a sentence. What's the History of ornery?
A person can have a consistently ornery personality, or maybe you’re feeling ornery today because you skipped breakfast. Some synonyms for ornery are cantankerous and crotchety, words that sound as grumpy as the people they describe.
adjective. infml us / ˈɔr·nər·i / Add to word list. tending to get angry and argue with people: He’s ornery and opinionated, but he doesn’t lie.
Ornery definition: ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper. See examples of ORNERY used in a sentence.
Definition of ornery adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you describe someone as ornery, you mean that they are bad-tempered, difficult, and often do things that are mean. [US, disapproval] [...] More. Pronunciations of 'ornery' American English: ɔrnəri British English: ɔːʳnəri. More. Examples of 'ornery' in a sentence.
ornery meaning, definition, what is ornery: behaving in an unreasonable and often an...: Learn more.
Ornery definition: Mean-spirited, disagreeable, and contrary in disposition; cantankerous.
Define ornery. ornery synonyms, ornery pronunciation, ornery translation, English dictionary definition of ornery. adj. or·ner·i·er , or·ner·i·est Mean-spirited, disagreeable, and contrary in disposition; cantankerous. or′ner·i·ness′ n.
