Word:
Ornery
Status:
Adjective
Meaning:
Easily angered or annoyed: difficult to deal with.
Sentences:
1) I'm getting more and more ornery with my old age.
2) We have an ornery old man in our neighbourhood who always yells at kids to keep them off his lawn.
Origin:
Alteration of ordinary
First use:
1816
Synonyms:
acid, bearish, bilios, ill-humored, ill-natured
Antonyms:
amiable, good humored, good natured.
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