"Ornery" is an adjective used to describe someone who is stubborn, difficult, or irritable. It often conveys a sense of being cantankerous or grumpy, typically in a way that is endearing or amusing. The term is commonly used in informal contexts to characterize individuals who may be hard to deal with but also have a certain charm or feistiness.
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You are probably looking for the word "ornery".
No, it means grouchy or crabby.
I suspect you mean "ornery", not "awnery". A person who is ornery does not get along well with others, and may be short-tempered and prickly.
The likely word is ornery (gruff, mean).
The common word could be one of two very different words:HONOREE (person) - someone being honoredORNERY (adjective) - having a bad disposition, mean*The proper name from French with this pronunciation is Henri. (awn-REE)
That is true. To call someone ornery is a funny way of complaining about their hostile or difficult kind of behavior.
Nobody likes to go out drinking with her because she's an ornery drunk who picks fights with strangers.Being in a wheelchair does not mean you have a license to be ornery.Cab drivers can't be fined for disrespectful or ornerybehavior, but they CAN be fined for talking on their cell phones while driving, so I reported him for that instead.The old ranch hand was mean and ornery, but he was a hard worker.
Mean Controlling Rude Bad Temper Ornery
irritable
The word "ornery" is an American dialectical variant of the ordinary word "ordinary", which goes back to Latin ordinarius, "orderly", from ordo, "order".
An example.... That ornery man had sassy atitude and a big mouth. (Ornery means to be sassy, stubborn, rude, or have to much to say)