samerrustom I always feel afraid when asking my boss for time off because he is ornery. I shun conversation with weird people because the majority of them are ornery. The ornery avoid general conversation because they get angry so fast.
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samerrustom I always feel afraid when asking my boss for time off because he is ornery. I shun conversation with weird people because the majority of them are ornery. The ornery avoid general conversation because they get angry so fast.'Ornery' is for cowboys out of the Old West.
samerrustom I thought stubborn and adamant has the same meaning, am I right?Still, they collocate differently; stubborn is used of a personal characteristic, while 'adamant' is used to refer only to specific instances. 'Stubborn' is also pejorative.