Don't be so ornery. Just do what you're told to do.
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Ornery
//ˈɔːnəɹi//
Synonyms for "ornery" (111 found)
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Adjective(6 words)
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1 entriesTranslations
17 translations across 10 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُشَاكِس adj (disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with — see also cantankerous)
Bulgarian
2 entries- инатлив adj (disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with — see also cantankerous)
- опак adj (disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with — see also cantankerous)
Dutch
3 entries- mopperig adj (disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with — see also cantankerous)
- nors adj (disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with — see also cantankerous)
- zeurderig adj (disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with — see also cantankerous)
Finnish
1 entries- hankala adj (disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with — see also cantankerous)
German
2 entries- grantig adj (disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with — see also cantankerous)
- quengelig adj (disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with — see also cantankerous)
Japanese
1 entries- 気難しい adj (disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with — see also cantankerous)
Polish
2 entries- drażliwy adj (disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with — see also cantankerous)
- uparty adj (disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with — see also cantankerous)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- zlòčest adj (disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with — see also cantankerous)
- зло̀чест adj (disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with — see also cantankerous)
Spanish
2 entries- intratable adj (disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with — see also cantankerous)
- terco adj (disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with — see also cantankerous)
Vietnamese
1 entries- bất kham adj (disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with — see also cantankerous)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Don't be so ornery. Just do what you're told.
Source: tatoeba (8928681)
Seemingly here was an intruder who was violating custom. Moreover, the partners had come to look upon this exceedingly rich district as their exclusive property. And so their indignation was extreme. "The low-down, ornery cuss!" said Dobbs. "The nerve of him, crowdin' in on us, just as if there wasn't lots of other places for him to go!"
Source: wiktionary
Through Michael sped the thought: 'Could I make her jealous?' And he was shocked at it. A low-down thought—mean and ornery!
Source: wiktionary
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