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Definition of Ornery
1. Adjective. Having a difficult and contrary disposition. "A cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"
Similar to: Ill-natured
Derivative terms: Crotchet, Crotchetiness, Orneriness
Definition of Ornery
1. Adjective. (Appalachian) Cantankerous, stubborn, disagreeable. ¹
2. Adjective. (humorous Southern US) Mischievous, prankish, teasing, disagreeable but in a good way. ¹
3. Adjective. (obsolete) Commonplace, inferior. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ornery
1. stubborn and mean-spirited [adj -NERIER, -NERIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ornery
Literary usage of Ornery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Decisions: Containing All the Cases of General Value and by John Proffatt, Abraham Clark Freeman (1888)
"... of producing an abortion," is an inference, and not admissible as a dying
declaration: Montr/ornery v. Stair, 80 Ind. 333. And what the deceased said ..."
2. Men I Have Fished with: Sketches of Characters and Incidents with Rod and by Fred Mather (1897)
"Sometimes a little she 'coon will give a dozen such ornery dogs as we've got a
good tussle and get away." "Look a-here, John Clark," said Charley Guyon to ..."
3. Men I Have Fished with: Sketches of Characters and Incidents with Rod and by Fred Mather (1897)
"Sometimes a little she 'coon will give a dozen such ornery dogs as we've got a
good tussle and get away." "Look a-here, John Clark," said Charley Guyon to ..."
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