ornery

About 0.14 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with; cantankerous.
2. adjective Troublesome to deal with in a good way; mischievous, prankish, teasing.
3. adjective Ordinary, commonplace; hence, inferior, plain-looking, unpleasant.

Similar words

crotchety cantankerous ill-natured irascible cuss nasty spiteful wicked evil naughty

Often followed by

and as old to cuss little enough when or

Word family

ornerier orneriest orneriness ornerinesses