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Cantankerous vs. Ornery — What's the Difference?

Cantankerous vs. Ornery — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Cantankerous and Ornery

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Cantankerous

Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable
Disliked her cantankerous landlord.

Ornery

Bad-tempered or difficult to deal with
An ornery old military man

Cantankerous

Difficult to handle
"had to use liquid helium, which is supercold, costly and cantankerous" (Brad Pokorny).

Ornery

Mean-spirited, disagreeable, and contrary in disposition; cantankerous.

Cantankerous

Given to or marked by an ill-tempered, quarrelsome nature; ill-tempered, cranky, crabby.
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Ornery

(Appalachian) Cantankerous, stubborn, disagreeable.

Cantankerous

Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious.
The cantankerous old maiden aunt.

Ornery

Mischievous, prankish, teasing, disagreeable but in a good way.

Cantankerous

Stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate;
Unions...have never been as bloody-minded about demarcation as the shipbuilders

Ornery

(obsolete) Commonplace, inferior.

Cantankerous

Having a difficult and contrary disposition;
A cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady

Ornery

Having a difficult and contrary disposition;
A cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady

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