stroppyadj.

Brit.

/ˈstrɒpi/, U.S.

/ˈstrɑpi/

Etymology: ? abbreviation of obstreperous adj. with altered stem-vowel.

colloquial.

Bad-tempered, rebellious, awkward, obstreperous, unruly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [adjective]

stour1303

thwarta1325

elvishc1386

wrawc1386

wrawfulc1386

crabbeda1400

crousea1400

cursedc1400

doggeda1425

currishc1460

disagreeable1474

dour1488

thrawn1488

terne?1507

apirsmarta1522

crustyc1570

incommodious1570

bilious1571

mischievous-stomached1577

thrawn-faced1578

thrawn-mowit1578

wearisha1586

shrewish1596

rhubarbative1600

crabbish1606

ill-tempereda1616

cur-like1627

thrawn-faceda1628

terned1638

cross1639

splenial1641

frumpish1647

wry1649

bad-tempered1671

hot-tempered1673

sidy1673

ugly1687

ornery1692

cankerya1699

ramgunshoch1721

cantankerousc1736

frumpy1746

unhappy1756

grumpy1778

crabby1791

grumpish1797

thraw-gabbit18..

snarlish1813

cranky1821

stuntya1825

ill-natured1825

nattery1825

rantankerous1832

foul-tempered1835

cacochymical1836

as cross as two sticks1842

grumphy1846

knappy1855

carnaptious1858

cussed1858

three-cornered1863

snotty1870

sniffy1871

snorty1893

grouchy1895

scratchy1925

tight1950

stroppy1951

snitty1978

arsey1989

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > obstreperous

sturt1726

stroppy1951

1951 H. Hastings Seagulls over Sorrento ii. i, in Plays of Year IV. 76 There ain't nothing clever about answering him back and being stroppy.

1964 J. Burke Hard Day's Night iv. 80 ‘Have you got a licence for it?’ ‘Oh, don't be so stroppy.’

1968 A. Diment Bang Bang Birds ix. 172 Should the shit hit the fan and the Swedes come over stroppy, he could say..‘weren't nothing to do with us, son!’

1973 J. Wainwright Devil you Don't 116 All that balls about ‘with respect’... Honesty. Stroppiness.

1977 Guardian Weekly 27 Feb. 5/4 Those who didn't know him well..missed the stroppy radicalism of his spirit.

1983 Listener 14 Apr. 37/1 Susan, on the other hand, is streetwise and stroppy.

Derivatives

ˈstroppiness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [noun]

cursednessc1386

crabbedness1413

thrawnness1499

currishness1542

doggedness1592

spleen1597

incompliance1689

crustiness1727

dourness1794

grumpiness1835

cussedness1852

nabalism1853

ungeniality1859

disgrace1861

cantankerousness1881

ugliness1889

stroppiness1969

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [noun] > obstreperousness

obstreperousness1655

stroppiness1969

1969 New Statesman 31 Oct. 633/3 It anyhow seems to me (perhaps out of stroppiness) that the good toys aren't all necessarily the ones that teach how to count or measure.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	stroppy
释义	stroppyadj. Brit. /ˈstrɒpi/, U.S. /ˈstrɑpi/ Etymology: ? abbreviation of obstreperous adj. with altered stem-vowel. colloquial. Bad-tempered, rebellious, awkward, obstreperous, unruly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [adjective] stour1303 thwarta1325 elvishc1386 wrawc1386 wrawfulc1386 crabbeda1400 crousea1400 cursedc1400 doggeda1425 currishc1460 disagreeable1474 dour1488 thrawn1488 terne?1507 apirsmarta1522 crustyc1570 incommodious1570 bilious1571 mischievous-stomached1577 thrawn-faced1578 thrawn-mowit1578 wearisha1586 shrewish1596 rhubarbative1600 crabbish1606 ill-tempereda1616 cur-like1627 thrawn-faceda1628 terned1638 cross1639 splenial1641 frumpish1647 wry1649 bad-tempered1671 hot-tempered1673 sidy1673 ugly1687 ornery1692 cankerya1699 ramgunshoch1721 cantankerousc1736 frumpy1746 unhappy1756 grumpy1778 crabby1791 grumpish1797 thraw-gabbit18.. snarlish1813 cranky1821 stuntya1825 ill-natured1825 nattery1825 rantankerous1832 foul-tempered1835 cacochymical1836 as cross as two sticks1842 grumphy1846 knappy1855 carnaptious1858 cussed1858 three-cornered1863 snotty1870 sniffy1871 snorty1893 grouchy1895 scratchy1925 tight1950 stroppy1951 snitty1978 arsey1989 society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective] > obstreperous sturt1726 stroppy1951 1951 H. Hastings Seagulls over Sorrento ii. i, in Plays of Year IV. 76 There ain't nothing clever about answering him back and being stroppy. 1964 J. Burke Hard Day's Night iv. 80 ‘Have you got a licence for it?’ ‘Oh, don't be so stroppy.’ 1968 A. Diment Bang Bang Birds ix. 172 Should the shit hit the fan and the Swedes come over stroppy, he could say..‘weren't nothing to do with us, son!’ 1973 J. Wainwright Devil you Don't 116 All that balls about ‘with respect’... Honesty. Stroppiness. 1977 Guardian Weekly 27 Feb. 5/4 Those who didn't know him well..missed the stroppy radicalism of his spirit. 1983 Listener 14 Apr. 37/1 Susan, on the other hand, is streetwise and stroppy. Derivatives ˈstroppiness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill-naturedness > [noun] cursednessc1386 crabbedness1413 thrawnness1499 currishness1542 doggedness1592 spleen1597 incompliance1689 crustiness1727 dourness1794 grumpiness1835 cussedness1852 nabalism1853 ungeniality1859 disgrace1861 cantankerousness1881 ugliness1889 stroppiness1969 society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [noun] > obstreperousness obstreperousness1655 stroppiness1969 1969 New Statesman 31 Oct. 633/3 It anyhow seems to me (perhaps out of stroppiness) that the good toys aren't all necessarily the ones that teach how to count or measure. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1951
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