Word "ORNERY" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Adjective
Definition:
having a difficult and contrary disposition
Synonyms:
cantankerous, crotchety

Crossword Clues for ORNERY

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Stubborn Wall Street Journal 14 Jul 2025
Surly, tough to deal with (6)
Mean, to Pappy Yokum
Cantankerous LA Times Daily 12 Jan 2025
Stubbornly mean
What is an American colloquialism for cantankerous? (6)
Not readily bent Newsday 27 Jul 2024
Like Scrooge LA Times Daily 24 May 2024
Very stubborn Newsday 24 Apr 2024
Cantankerous Universal 01 Mar 2024
Cantankerous New York Times 07 Sep 2023
Cantankerous New York Times 23 Aug 2023
Cantankerous Eugene Sheffer 05 Aug 2023
Cantankerous Wall Street Journal 07 Jul 2023
Stubborn Thomas Joseph 13 Feb 2023
Bad-tempered and combative New York Times 08 Nov 2022
Stubborn and mean Newsday 10 May 2022
Disagreeable LA Times Daily 19 Dec 2021
Cantankerous Wall Street Journal 20 Nov 2021
Stubborn Thomas Joseph 05 Nov 2021
Like a human crab The Washington Post Sunday 03 Oct 2021
Cantankerous LA Times Daily 07 Aug 2021
Cantankerous The Washington Post 07 Aug 2021
Grumpy The Washington Post Sunday 18 Apr 2021
Cantankerous Thomas Joseph 07 Apr 2021
Cantankerous individual welcoming king to railway
Bad-tempered USA Today 19 May 2020
Headstrong New York Times 19 Apr 2020
Difficult LA Times Daily 12 Apr 2020
Difficult The Washington Post 12 Apr 2020
Not exactly agreeable
Mean and stubborn Newsday 01 Dec 2019
Cantankerous The Washington Post 12 Nov 2019
Cantankerous LA Times Daily 12 Nov 2019
Having a difficult and contrary disposition The Telegraph General Knowledge 29 Sep 2019
Grouchy The Washington Post Sunday 15 Sep 2019
Hard to get along with USA Today 02 Aug 2019
Cantankerous Eugene Sheffer 24 Jun 2019
Hard to get along with
Truculent Universal 16 Oct 2018
Like a grumpy old man USA Today 10 Sep 2018
Disorderly lad out of an orderly set being hard to please 
Hard to budge Newsday 19 Aug 2018
Tough to deal with USA Today 13 May 2018
Like a mule I put across river by track
Like a grumpy old man
Truculent
Tough to deal with
Like an old cuss Thomas Joseph 27 Nov 2017
Very stubborn Newsday 22 Nov 2017
Mean-spirited Newsday 08 Jun 2017
Crotchety Premier Sunday 23 Apr 2017
Like an old cuss Wall Street Journal 17 Jan 2017
Ill-tempered Newsday 20 Nov 2016
Cantankerous Newsday 02 Nov 2016
Cantankerous Universal 09 Oct 2016
Ill-tempered LA Times Daily 04 Sep 2016
Cantankerous
Ill-tempered
Cantankerous Family Time 05 Jul 2015
Cantankerous USA Today 08 Jun 2015
Unlikely to bend Newsday 21 Mar 2015
Stubborn and mean Newsday 03 Mar 2015
Cantankerous Wall Street Journal 05 Jan 2015
Stubborn and mean
Cantankerous
Cantankerous
Unlikely to bend
Awkward king leaving islands, seizing queen
Like a mule, stereotypically
Easily perturbed
Meaner than a junkyard dog
Stubborn
Yosemite Sam adjective
Very testy
Combative
Irascible
Cantankerous
Ill-tempered
Not at all nice
Really testy
Ill-natured
Bad tempered
Downright mean
Having a mean streak
Cantankerous
Pig-headed
Stubborn as a mule
Not at all good-humored
Pig-headed
Like Yosemite Sam
Not at all good-humored
Having a mean streak
Ill-tempered
Cantankerous
Cantankerous
Ill-tempered
Difficult
Mean
Hard to get along with
Like a junkyard dog
Mean
Crotchety
Mean and nasty
Stubborn
Stubborn
Like a cantankerous old coot
Ill-tempered
Not exactly agreeable
Crotchety and cantankerous
Mean as a snake
Stubborn as a mule
Mean and nasty
Mean-tempered
Surly
Surly
Pigheaded
Ill-natured
Hard to please
Crabbed
Splenetic
Mean-spirited
Captious
Ill-tempered
Cantankerous
Surly
Curmudgeonly
Cantankerous
Cantankerous
Mean or stubborn
Mean
Not at all nice
Pig-headed
Stubborn as a mule
Stubborn
Cantankerous
Cantankerous
Obstinate
Crabby
Stubborn
Difficult to deal with
Bad-tempered
Challenging or cruel
Mean as a snake
Curmudgeonlike
Mean-spirited
Mean-tempered
Obstinate
Obstinate
Cantankerous
Bad tempered
Mean
Contumacious
Like mean critters
Mulish
Like obstinate critters
Mean, as a critter
Cussed
Mean, as a varmint
Like a stubborn critter
Games magazine's "The World's Most ___ Crossword"
Ill-natured
Cantankerous.
Mean as a critter.
Obstinate: Dial.
Hard to manage: Dial.
Bullheaded.
Stubborn; set in one's ways.
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