Ornery

Harmlessly mischievous, Harmless teasing.

That red headed boy is an ornery sun of a buck!

by blabacado February 15, 2010

Ornery

Mean, nasty, grumpy.

Person 1: Rebekah is so ornery!
Person 2: Yah! I know right!

by PandaGirl xox May 30, 2016

Ornery

Mischievous, unpredicatable, contrary. Prone to teasing, silliness or pranks but not necessarily intentionally cruel in nature.

My friend in Georgia announced plans to dye my dog pink, then had the nerve to suggest it was unfair to call him "ornery."

by ChrysRD November 16, 2018

Ornery

Wanting to do something just to make someone else's day worse

Ornery: "I want to get hit by a car just to dent the damn thing*

by Urfreaky December 08, 2010

ornery

mean and ill-tempered, irascible

That dog has been ornery all day.

by Light Joker March 19, 2006

ornery

Stubborn, irritable, rough on the edges, a little mean, grumpy.

Adjective. The correct spelling is ornery, but many Americans say/spell as awnry.

"These ornery old guys at the job will never change"

by amrev360 May 08, 2009

ornery

to always be in to trouble or up to something.

"My son was so ornery when he was little. He got into everything he was not supposed to."

by anm September 12, 2006