Synonym: adamant, contrary, cranky, cross, difficult, disagreeable, disobedient, firm, headstrong, irritable, malicious, mean, obstinate, rebellious, rigid, stiff, stubborn, unruly, willful. Similar words: corner, cut corners, around the corner, cornea, adorned, attorney, unadorned, burner. Meaning: ['ɔrnərɪ /'ɔːn-] 
adj. having a difficult and contrary disposition.
adj. having a difficult and contrary disposition. 
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(1) He had been in an ornery mood all day, rowing with his wife and his boss.
(2) The old lady was still being ornery, but at least she had consented to this visit.
(3) The senators were ornery and independent.
(4) You may know Quebec as a hotbed of ornery, croissant-munching separatists.
(5) But they seem to be becoming more ornery.
(6) It is mostly because we're mean and ornery.
(7) I'm nasty, I'm old, and a little bit ornery.
(8) Nathan is so ornery in the morning that he never answers his phone.
(9) He had a reputation of being an ornery SOB and the epitome of the loud, aggressive drill instructor, but each and every one of his recruits would forever utter his name with respect.
(10) The first three med students are ornery because they have been waiting for 11 minutes.
(11) When he was 16 when is ornery shoots carves the hero!
(12) It's aid that Lao ornery good terms with the minister. Sentencedict.com
(13) Ornery or not, You've been M. I. A for over a month.
(14) I got to go to church and sweat and sweat -- I hate them ornery sermons!
(15) On top of that, the tools themselves were almost universally immature and ornery.