n. 不合作；故意刁难（ornery 的名词）
meanspirited disagreeable contrariness
同义词： cussedness
任性
ornery 坏脾气的；低劣的
不合作；故意刁难（ornery的名词）
Harvey and his wife are born with a certain orneriness of character.
哈维和他的妻子天生性格有些乖戾。
It stands apart from most of them because Paycheck's sweet voice can't fully mask the orneriness underneath and because the songs, even the waltzes, move at a brisk, buoyant clip.
Since taking over as the Rangers' head coach in February 2009, Tortorella also has sought to cultivate a collective toughness and orneriness within the locker room, and by striking a similar public pose, he shows his players that his words and actions are consistent.