stroppy
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of stroppy
1950–55; perhaps (ob)strep(erous) + -y 1, though o is unexplained
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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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025
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.
From BBC ● Apr. 14, 2024
Comedy notoriously doesn’t do well at the Oscars but a whimsical satire about a fanatical Nazi-loving 10-year-old whose imaginary best friend is a stroppy Adolf Hitler?
From The Guardian ● Jan. 30, 2020
Frank Buckley, a stroppy World War I veteran who managed Blackpool, Wolves, and Leeds, is forever remembered for his massive tweed baggy knickers.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 2018
Sadly, it has often been the foul mouth, the stroppy sulks and the occasional bouts of 'tanking' that have grabbed most of the headlines -- until this year that is.
From Reuters ● May 23, 2017
So I leap to action and spend an undue amount of time, growing stroppier by the second, getting myself removed from these lists.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2017
Emma Conway, author of the blog Brummymummyof2, celebrates the stroppiest of toddlers with 'Wicked Wednesdays' - a post dedicated to photos of her followers' children in the midst of DefCon-level meltdowns.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2016
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