orneriness

Meaning

The state of being ornery.

Synonyms

cussedness
beastliness
biliousness
cattiness
contumacy
crabbedness
crustiness
devilry
grouchiness
hardheadedness

ill nature

moroseness
peevishness
perversity
pet
B2
pettishness
recalcitrance
recalcitrancy
refractoriness
spite
C1
spitefulness
stubbornness
20k
surliness
tenacity
24k
testiness
viciousness
waspishness
waywardness
wickedness
21k

bad temper

willfulness
Translations

سوء الطّبع

δυστροπία

πείσμα

canallada
terquedad
Etymology

From ornery + -ness.

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