Word.ws English Dictionary

ornery in Arabic

مُشَاكِس mušākis

/ˈɔːnəɹi/US/ˈɔɹnəɹi/

ornery in Arabic: مُشَاكِس (mušākis). In English, ornery means disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with; cantankerous.

Arabic words for ornery

disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with — see also cantankerous, untreatable, stubborn, ill-humored, obstinate, surly
مُشَاكِس mušākis

English meaning of ornery

  1. adjective Disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with; cantankerous.
  2. adjective Troublesome to deal with in a good way; mischievous, prankish, teasing.
  3. adjective Ordinary, commonplace; hence, inferior, plain-looking, unpleasant.

Full definition of ornery

Synonyms of ornery

All synonyms of ornery

ornery in other languages

Questions about ornery in Arabic

What is the meaning of ornery in Arabic?
Ornery in Arabic is مُشَاكِس (mušākis).
ما معنى كلمة ornery؟
Ornery: مُشَاكِس (mušākis).
What does ornery mean in English?
Ornery means disagreeable, stubborn, and troublesome to deal with; cantankerous.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ornery (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-ornery.wav.

Cite this page: “ornery meaning in Arabic.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/arabic/ornery. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.