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ORNERINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Meanspirited disagreeable contrariness
Synonyms:
cussedness; orneriness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("orneriness" is a kind of...):
contrariness; perverseness; perversity (deliberate and stubborn unruliness and resistance to guidance or discipline)
Derivation:
ornery (having a difficult and contrary disposition)
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