ext_51990 ([identity profile] rainbow-yarn.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] 1word1day2009-08-05 05:35 am
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I'm still up so it's still Tuesday Tuesday

ornery [AWR-nuh-ree]

adjective
1. ugly and unpleasant in disposition or temper
2. stubborn
3. low or vile
4. inferior or common; ordinary

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ornery


I am the orneriest person you could ever meet when I wake up in the morning.


And for missing last week:

acerbic [uh-SUR-bik]

adjective
1. sour or astringent in taste
2. harsh or severe, as of temper or expression

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/acerbic


Again, my mood in the morning is more acerbic than a truckload of overripe limes.


My apologies for the similarities in words and lack of imagination in sentences.

[identity profile] kitsunepixiemd.livejournal.com 2009-08-05 01:02 pm (UTC)(link)
My grandmother uses that word all the time!

[identity profile] pipkin.livejournal.com 2009-08-05 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I loved your double useage of acerbic in that sentence. :D

[identity profile] fidgetspin.livejournal.com 2009-08-05 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
I think I've been pronouncing ornery incorrectly all my life. I say more like OR-ner-ee than AWR-nuh-ree.
Oh well.