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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