ornerier
More stubborn, difficult
Ornerier is the comparative form of ornery—more stubborn, cantankerous, or ill-tempered than something else: The mule got ornerier the longer we waited.
The word is informal and mostly American, reflecting ornery's roots in rural and regional speech.
Bad-tempered and argumentative
- grouchyEasily annoyed, ill-tempered
- crankyIll-tempered and peevish
- grumpyIrritable in temperament
- testyShort-tempered, easily provoked
peevish · crotchety · curmudgeonly · surly · irritable · cross · snappish · tetchy
Stubbornly refusing to yield
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
pigheaded · contrary · hardheaded · intractable · obdurate · unyielding · inflexible · uncooperative
cantankerous
Bad-tempered and argumentative
testy · peevish · crotchety · curmudgeonly · surly · irritable · cross · snappish · tetchy · petulant
mulish
Stubbornly refusing to yield
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
willful · pigheaded · contrary · hardheaded · intractable · obdurate · unyielding · inflexible · uncooperative · recalcitrant