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Noun: orneriness  or-nu-ree-nus
Usage: N. Amer, informal
  1. Meanspirited disagreeable contrariness
    "Her orneriness made it impossible to work with her";
    - cussedness [informal]

Type of: contrariness, perverseness, perversity

Encyclopedia: Orneriness