ornery
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishorneryor‧ne‧ry /ˈɔːnəri $ ˈɔːr-/ adjective American English BAD-TEMPEREDbehaving in an unreasonable and often angry way, especially by doing the opposite of what people want you to do an ornery kidExamples from the Corpusornery• an ornery 10-year-old• The senators were ornery and independent.Origin ornery (1800-1900) ordinary