Ornery (adj) (north American)
or-nuh-ree
Bad tempered and difficult to deal with.
Early 19th century: variant of ordinary, representing a dialect pronunciation.
Example sentences
“He’s an ornery old man and I’m sick of it!”
“Memories aren’t known to be particularly veridical.”
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