ornery AmE

Why do you get so ornery this early in the morning?

Almost none, one would think, which just goes to show how ornery life can be.

It's no news to most of us that life can be, and very often is, ornery.

It just showed how ornery a man could be when he was let to go.

Not all the behavior in the new economics is ornery.

She had heard that it was a pretty ornery mountain.

Those in power on the Giants should be a little ornery.

But these people were just too tough and ornery to die.

It probably comes from dealing with all the ornery men in our lives.

But the city found the homeless to be an ornery lot.

I might, she thought, too ornery to say so out loud.

He was often described as having grown more ornery with age.

I was afraid you were feeling ornery enough to send me home alone.

The Stars wanted to believe they were too ornery to die, at least right then and there.

Yet many of them have one thing in common: they describe themselves as too ornery for academic life.

At least they had backed the ornery machine off a bit.

What does he do when Liz gets ornery in the ring?

An ornery brother is an honorary member of the society.

Forgive Spencer if he is a little ornery about his situation.

With his friend along I guess he just didn't want to be that ornery.

My, what an ornery cuss I was for the moment.

Friends knew he could be ornery and unpredictable, especially after a few drinks.

"I'll have to remember to stay ornery and annoyed, then."

I have my whole ornery life ahead of me!

He had been nervous about them ever since; they were ornery creatures.