ornery
[adjective]
Synonyms: cheap, base, common, mean, paltry, poor, rubbishy, shoddy, sleazy, tatty, cantankerous, bearish, cankered, cranky, cross-grained, crotchety, vinegarish, vinegary, waspish, waspy, contrary, balky, froward, perverse, restive, wayward, wrongheaded

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English Thesaurus: stubborn, obstinate, pig-headed, headstrong, wilful, ...

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or‧ne‧ry /ˈɔːnəri $ ˈɔːr-/ adjective American English
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: ordinary]
behaving in an unreasonable and often angry way, especially by doing the opposite of what people want you to do:
an ornery kid

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stubborn refusing to change your mind, even when people think you are wrong or are being unreasonable:
Dave can be really stubborn once he’s made up his mind.
a stubborn old man
obstinate very stubborn, in way that is annoying and unreasonable:
I have never met anyone so obstinate.
his obstinate refusal to compromise
pig-headed informal refusing to change your mind, even when people think that what you want to do is stupid:
I told her she was making a big mistake but she was too pig-headed to listen.
I wish you’d stop being so pig-headed!
headstrong very determined to do what you want, often without thinking about the results of your actions – used especially about young people:
As a girl, she had been lively and headstrong.
the headstrong impulsiveness of youth
wilful British English (also willful American English) doing what you want, even after you have been told to stop, or when you know that it is wrong – used especially about children:
He was a spoiled and wilful child, who always got his own way.
She was passionate and wilful – exactly the sort of creature a man ought to avoid.
ornery American English behaving in an unreasonable and often angry way, especially by doing the opposite of what people want you to do:
an ornery kid
Teenagers can be ornery and rude.

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