Stubborn, mean-spirited, yes. You've known ornery (pronounces ORN-ree) people. They're hostile and angry at the world for no particular reason, and want everyone else to feel the same way. But here in the "south", the word is often used in an almost affectionate kind of way - as in "just to be ornery..." Kids are said to be in an ornery mood, wives describe their husbands as ornery when they aren't at their best... That sort of thing. Someone who is really and truly stubborn and mean-spirited wouldn't be called ornery. He'd be called lots of unprintable names and avoided. ; )
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