HyperDic: ornery

English > 1 sense of the word *ornery*:
ADJECTIVE	all	ornery, cantankerous, crotchety	having a difficult and contrary disposition

ornery > pronunciation
Sounds	ao'rneriy
Rhymes	accessory ... worry: 201 rhymes with eriy...

English > *ornery*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Having a difficult and contrary disposition.
Synonyms	cantankerous, crotchety
Broader	ill-natured	Having an irritable and unpleasant disposition
Spanish	arisco, esquivo, gruñón, gruñona, hosco, predispuesta, predispuesto
Catalan	esquerp, esquiu, esquívol
Nouns	orneriness	meanspirited disagreeable contrariness