英语词汇“orneriness”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Use the noun orneriness to talk about the quality of being stubborn. You might refuse to babysit a mean and obstinate child again after experiencing his orneriness.

When a person is ornery, he refuses to listen to reason and seems willfully determined to do the opposite of what you'd like him to do. You can talk about his orneriness when you're describing him to someone else. The root of orneriness, the adjective ornery, started as a regional pronunciation of the word ordinary, and its 1816 meaning was "commonplace, or of poor quality." Toward the end of the nineteenth century, the word came to mean "cantankerous or mean."

WORD FAMILY

ornery: orneriness

USAGE EXAMPLES

Hicks was driven, too, by his sheer orneriness.

Washington Post(Nov 20, 2016)

Albee’s orneriness with questioners reflected unhealed wounds from his spell in the theatrical wilderness.

The Guardian(Sep 17, 2016)

I was “too dark and too short,” she likes to say, with characteristic candor and what might be described as an endearing orneriness.

Los Angeles Times(Aug 04, 2016)

n meanspirited disagreeable contrariness

Syn|Hyper

cussedness

contrariness, perverseness, perversity

deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline

单词	orneriness
释义	orneriness (once / 319441 pages) n Use the noun orneriness to talk about the quality of being stubborn. You might refuse to babysit a mean and obstinate child again after experiencing his orneriness. When a person is ornery, he refuses to listen to reason and seems willfully determined to do the opposite of what you'd like him to do. You can talk about his orneriness when you're describing him to someone else. The root of orneriness, the adjective ornery, started as a regional pronunciation of the word ordinary, and its 1816 meaning was "commonplace, or of poor quality." Toward the end of the nineteenth century, the word came to mean "cantankerous or mean." WORD FAMILY ornery: orneriness USAGE EXAMPLES Hicks was driven, too, by his sheer orneriness. Washington Post(Nov 20, 2016) Albee’s orneriness with questioners reflected unhealed wounds from his spell in the theatrical wilderness. The Guardian(Sep 17, 2016) I was “too dark and too short,” she likes to say, with characteristic candor and what might be described as an endearing orneriness. Los Angeles Times(Aug 04, 2016) n meanspirited disagreeable contrariness Syn\|Hyper cussedness contrariness, perverseness, perversity deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline
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