Usually means: Stubbornness and irritability in disposition.
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  8. Orneriness: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  11. orneriness: Mnemonic Dictionary
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▸ noun:  the state of being ornery

Similar:
cussedness, ornateness, owliness, cantankerousness, irksomeness, corneousness, quarrelsomeness, curmudgeonliness, ornamentalness, irateness, more...

Opposite:
docility, amiability, agreeableness

Adjectives:
sheer, pure, plain, general, downright, human, innate, credible, protean, little, confederate

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Similar:
cussedness, ornateness, owliness, cantankerousness, irksomeness, corneousness, quarrelsomeness, curmudgeonliness, ornamentalness, irateness, more...

Opposite:
docility, amiability, agreeableness

Adjectives:
sheer, pure, plain, general, downright, human, innate, credible, protean, little, confederate



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