| 词汇 | orneriness |
| 释义 | orneriness noun[ U ] USuk /ˈɔː.nər.i.nəs/ us /ˈɔːr.nɚ.i.nəs/ the fact of being ornery(= likely to get angry and argue with people) and difficult for other people to deal with: His orneriness and meanness made him very unpopular. You know your father. He's just objecting for the sake of orneriness. She was feeling a lot better and was getting back some of her natural orneriness. His orneriness was a fatal flaw; in less than two years, half his employees had left. She has a streak of stubborn independence, almost orneriness, that others admire even as they steer clear of her. There is a persistent strain of orneriness in his personality. Bad-tempered argumentative bad-tempered be hell on wheelsidiom be like a bear with a sore headidiom be spoiling for a fightidiom grouchiness grouchy grumpily grumpiness grumpy pettishly petulance petulancy petulant petulantly surlily surliness testily testiness testy |
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