orneriness

orneriness
See ornery.

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  • orneriness — noun see ornery …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • orneriness — noun the state of being ornery …   Wiktionary

  • orneriness — É”rnÉ™rɪnɪs / ɔːn n. stubbornness; wickedness; meanness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • orneriness — or·neri·ness …   English syllables

  • orneriness — noun meanspirited disagreeable contrariness • Syn: ↑cussedness • Derivationally related forms: ↑ornery, ↑cussed (for: ↑cussedness) • Hypernyms: ↑contrariness, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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  • cussedness — noun meanspirited disagreeable contrariness • Syn: ↑orneriness • Derivationally related forms: ↑ornery (for: ↑orneriness), ↑cussed • Hypernyms: ↑contrariness, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • ornery — adjective (ornerier; est) Etymology: alteration of ordinary Date: 1816 having an irritable disposition ; cantankerous • orneriness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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