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How to pronounce ornery:

Synonyms for ornery:

acid
angry
bearish
bilious
bloody-minded
cantankerous
crabby
crotchety
disagreeable
dyspeptic
exasperated
grouchy
grumpy
ill-humored
ill-natured
ill-tempered
indignant
irascible
irritable
mad
peevish
petulant
querulous
snappish
splenetic
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Antonyms for ornery:

accepting
accommodating
acquiescent
affable
agreeable
altruistic
amiable
amicable
benevolent
biddable
bighearted
breezy
bubbly
charitable
charming
cheerful
cheery
chipper
chirpy
chummy
clubbable
companionable
complaisant
compliant
congenial
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