Ornery vs Onerous - What's the difference?
ornery | onerous |
(Appalachian) Cantankerous, stubborn, disagreeable.
* 1990 . , Rabbit at Rest
* 1939 . From the Script of (1939)
(humorous, Southern US) Mischievous, prankish, teasing, disagreeable but in a good way.
(obsolete) Commonplace, inferior.
imposing]] or [[constitute, constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort.
* 1820 , , "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow":
* 1848 , , Shirley , ch. 13:
* 1910 , , "The Golden Poppy" in Revolution and Other Essays :
As adjectives the difference between ornery and onerous
is that ornery is cantankerous, stubborn, disagreeable while onerous is imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort.ornery
English
Adjective
(er)- “Grandpa, what’s ‘ornery’?” / “Oh, you know. Mean. Contrary. Rebellious.”
- Curley: "I ain't sayin' I don't share your sentiments, Buck, but you're a born fool. First place Luke would kill the Kid in a gun-fight. Second place if Luke did get shot he's got two brothers just as ornery as he is, and if Ike Plummer didn't kill the Kid then Hank Plummer would."
Derived terms
* ornerily * ornerinessonerous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- That all this might not be too onerous on the purses of his rustic patrons, who are apt to consider the costs of schooling a grievous burden, and schoolmasters as mere drones, he had various ways of rendering himself both useful and agreeable.
- Again, and more intensely than ever, she desired a fixed occupation,—no matter how onerous , how irksome.
- [I]t has become an onerous duty, a wearisome and distasteful task.