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The characters you play on the show are extremely diverse—ranging from a cocaine-rattled rich boy to an ornery Jewish grandpa.

The budding relationship between the ornery sexagenarian and the precocious young child ultimately gives the film its momentum.

With Nebraska, however, the movie received a 10-minute standing ovation by the famously ornery French crowd.

We had some pretty ornery people, and we had to find a way to compromise and get things done.

He's an ornery cuss kind of Republican, extremely critical of Bush and Cheney back in the day.

With a roast apple in his snout, and a ribbon—a blue—no, a pink ribbon decorating his ornery little tail.

I felt so ornery and low down and mean that I says to myself, my mind's made up; I'll hive that money for them or bust.

The Irish may be ornery, and they aint worth much, but they are a whole lot better than the —— —— Dutch.

I'm for the Union as she air, and withered be the arm of every ornery cuss who attempts to bust her up.

The jail was a ornery edifiss, but the table was librally surplied with Bakin an Cabbidge.

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On this page you'll find 88 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ornery, such as: cranky, grouchy, grumpy, hard-nosed, ill-tempered, and nasty.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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