| 词汇 | ornery |
| 释义 | ornery adjective USuk /ˈɔː.nər.i/ us /ˈɔːr.nɚ.i/ likely to get angry and argue with people: 脾气坏的;爱争吵的 He had been in an ornery mood all day, arguing with everyone who got in his way.他一整天脾气都很坏，跟每个妨碍了他的人都发生了争吵。 Synonyms cantankerous crotchetyinformal 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 ornery | American Dictionaryornery adjective infmlus/ˈɔr·nər·i/ tending to get angry and argue with people: He’s ornery and opinionated, but he doesn’t lie. Examples of orneryornery This important insight illuminates and explains responses and behavior that otherwise seem peculiar, ornery, or perverse. But we are a notoriously ornery and self-willed flock. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one has the inside track on which of dozens, perhaps hundreds, of ornery, obstreperous, unkempt bands might next appeal to the mall-walking millions. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Robby and his men have a confrontation with an ornery steer that teaches them just how dangerous cowboy work can be. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The term is a back-formation from the 14th-century word "peevish", meaning ornery or ill-tempered. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He was often described as having grown more ornery with age. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These angels are demonic and ornery and concerned that their error be found out. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His problem, it turns out, is that he is an unscrupulous, treacherous, selfish, greedy, lying, thieving scoundrel, and at the same time an irascible, ornery, cantankerous, ill-mannered, bad-tempered old grouch. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Mickey then uses his tricks to get back at the ornery duck. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The crowd was getting ornery. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Forsyth's feistiness earned a reputation for a quick temper and for being ornery, a lover of a good argument. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She wasn't really mean, but plumb ornery. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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