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ornery

or·ne·ry

ornery · ornerier · orneriest

Disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal withDisagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with; cantankerous.

UK/ˈɔːnəɹi/US/ˈɔɹnəɹi/

» Don't be so ornery. Just do what you're told.

Значення

значень: 3

(Appalachia, особливо, розмовне)Disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with; cantankerous.
grantig, quengelig
(США, general, жартівливе, розмовне)Troublesome to deal with in a good way; mischievous, prankish, teasing.
(застаріле)Ordinary, commonplace; hence, inferior, plain-looking, unpleasant.

Ще визначення

having a difficult and contrary disposition

Приклади

речень: 2

Don't be so ornery. Just do what you're told.
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Don't be so ornery. Just do what you're told to do.
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Переклади

мов: 2

Deutsch

disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with — see also cantankerous, untreatable, stubborn, ill-humored, obstinate, surly:

Походження

A contracted or dialectal pronunciation of ordinary. Sense 3 (“ordinary, commonplace”) was

A contracted or dialectal pronunciation of ordinary. Sense 3 (“ordinary, commonplace”) was the earliest sense; the meaning of the word then shifted to “inferior, plain-looking, unpleasant”—presumably due to ordinariness—and finally to sense 1 (“disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with”).

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