Ornery

He especially liked the way it called the ornery cloud Fatso. ❋ Anthony, Piers (2002)

Lady Macbeth says: Wouldst thou have that Which thou call the ornery of life, and live a coward in thine own esteem, ❋ Unknown (2009)

She says the word "ornery" more than it should be used, and when she tells her dog to get down off the couch, the word "down" has a strong, country twang to it. ❋ Scott Janssen (2011)

He turns out to be Finn Killian someone she'd met and thought "old and kind of ornery" at 21 but now finds mesmerizing. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They are kind of ornery and independent up there, too. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Gelb, lead singer of the band Giant Sand, and Oldham, from Palace Brothers, are the kind of ornery characters that country music never seems to know what to do with. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And I have two cats and they ` re kind of ornery, and they ` re able to open the back door, so ... ❋ Unknown (2007)

But he also struck me a the kind of chap who didn't suffer fools gladly - what the Americans would call an 'ornery' and 'cussed' type. ❋ Laban (2004)

Bloomsbury, became Raleigh, and the state capital, he found it necessary to build an "ornery" for the accommodation of strangers; this building stood upon Hillsborough Street, and was torn down only a short time ago. ❋ Margaret Devereux (N/A)

In a word, why don't you go off somewhere and die, and not be always trying to seduce people into becoming as "ornery" and unlovable as you are yourselves, by your villainous "moral statistics"? ❋ Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 (1922)

The sheets and newly patched quilt were designated as "ornery" but the printed spread, patterned to imitate blue torchon lace, drew a murmur of admiration from the woman. ❋ Lillian Elizabeth Roy (1900)

In a word, why don't you go off somewhere and die, and not be always trying to seduce people into becoming as "ornery" and unlovable as you are yourselves, by your ceaseless and villainous "moral statistics"? ❋ Albert Bigelow Paine (1899)

They breakfasted late, in what Sawdy called the hotel "ornery," and while they were reducing the visible supply of ham and eggs, Tenison walked in on them to ask about complaints made at the office by indignant guests whose privacy had been invaded during the night. ❋ Unknown (1898)

So we poked along back home, and I warn't feeling so brash as I was before, but kind of ornery, and humble, and to blame, somehow -- though I hadn't done nothing. ❋ Unknown (1884)

He was particularly fond of "ornery" young people. ❋ Unknown (2010)