stroppy

[strop-ee]

adjective

British Informal.

stroppier, stroppiest 

1. bad-tempered or hostile; quick to take offense.

stroppy

/ ˈstrɒpɪ /

adjective

1. informal,  angry or awkward

Other Word Forms

• stroppily adverb
• stroppiness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of stroppy¹

1950–55; perhaps (ob)strep(erous) + -y ¹, though o is unexplained

Word History and Origins

Origin of stroppy¹

C20: changed and shortened from _obstreperous

Example Sentences

Evidently, they are feeling a bit stroppy about all this unitary executive business now that it's being wielded by an elderly con man and a car manufacturer with a chainsaw.

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Mr Knox said his client had been accused of being "stroppy" while giving evidence in court, engaging in heated clashes with Mr Wright.

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She goes against his precepts and disobeys his orders — they appear as onscreen italic titles — and he gets stroppy, as a father would.

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Ronaldo-mania had swept over Scotland at the same pace as the Portugal captain's stroppy march down the Hampden tunnel at the full-time whistle.

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Fabio Silva is off and he's furiously muttering to himself as he's hooked, tearing the tape off his wrist bands like a stroppy teenager.

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