ornery

• He especially liked the way it called the ornery cloud Fatso. —  Up In A Heaval
• I continue to be ornery, and continue to score in ways the critics seem unable to fathom, as the tone of this essay suggests. —  Alien Plot by Piers Anthony
• Her Nella is brassy-voiced and ornery, an unconscious feminist who sidesteps marriage because no man is good enough for her - and (woman of my own heart) because she despises housekeeping. —  The Seattle Times
• Rash, ornery, and orthodox to the conservative ideal. —  Latest Articles
• Oh! ever since that day I've had the greatest respect you ever heard tell of for the ornery little critters By this time they had arrived at the mouth of the little creek, and climbed out upon the upper level I'd think the fur bearing animals would be pretty well cleaned out along here, so close to the post," remarked Cuthbert, still harping on the subject They are as a rule; but when a place is let alone a few years they increase again; and I guess that's what has happened here. —  Canoe Mates in Canada Three Boys Afloat on the Saskatchewan

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

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