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View usage for: (strɒpi) Word forms: comparative stroppier, superlative stroppiestadjectiveSomeone who is stroppy is bad-tempered and gets angry or upset with people. [British, informal] A mother I knew was going through a really unpleasant time with a stroppy teenageson. The gas people haven't called to repair the cooker so I shall have to get stroppywith them. Synonyms: awkward, difficult, obstreperous, destructive More Synonyms of stroppy stroppy in British English (ˈstrɒpɪ) adjectiveWord forms: -pier or -piest British and Australian informal angry or awkward Derived forms stroppily (ˈstroppily) adverb stroppiness (ˈstroppiness) noun Word origin C20: changed and shortened from obstreperousstroppy in American English (ˈstrɑpi) adjectiveWord forms: ˈstroppier or ˈstroppiest British, Informal hard to deal with or control; angry, unruly, impudent, etc. Word origin ? shortened & altered < obstreperous Examples of 'stroppy' in a sentencestroppy Definition bad-tempered or deliberately awkward (British, informal) I shall have to get stroppy with them. Synonyms destructive unhelpful litigious arsey (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang) Additional synonymsDefinition deliberately obstructive and unhelpful He was just being bloody-minded. Synonyms difficult, contrary, annoying, awkward, unreasonable, stubborn, perverse, exasperating, intractable, unhelpful, obstructive, cussed (informal), uncooperative, disobligingDefinition quarrelsome or bad-tempered You're just a cantankerous so-and-so. Synonyms bad-tempered, contrary, perverse, irritable, crusty, grumpy, disagreeable, cranky (US, Canadian, Irish, informal), irascible, tetchy, ratty (British, New Zealand, informal), testy, quarrelsome, waspish, grouchy (informal), arsey (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang), peevish, crabby, choleric, crotchety (informal), ill-humoured, liverish, captious, difficultDefinition not easily pleased or satisfied I had a feeling you were going to be difficult about this. Synonyms troublesome, trying, awkward, demanding, rigid, stubborn, perverse, fussy, tiresome, intractable, fastidious, fractious, unyielding, obstinate, intransigent, unmanageable, unbending, uncooperative, hard to please, refractory, obstreperous, pig-headed, bull-headed, unaccommodating, unamenable - strong-minded
- strong-willed
- stronghold
- stroppy
- structural
- structure
- struggle
Additional synonymsDefinition noisy and difficult to control an awkward and obstreperous customer Synonyms unruly, disorderly, wild, rough, loud, noisy, out of control, turbulent, rampaging, out of hand, wayward, rowdy, raucous, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, boisterous, wilful, lawless, vociferous, fractious, riotous, tempestuous, unmanageable, undisciplined, stroppy (British, slang), rip-roaring (informal), mutinous, ungovernable, uproarious, clamorous, rambunctious (informal), rackety, insubordinate, roistering, roisterous He seems to take a perverse pleasure in being disagreeable. Synonyms ill-natured, cross, surly, petulant, crabbed, fractious, spiteful, churlish, ill-tempered, stroppy (British, slang), cantankerous, peevish, shrewishDefinition inclined to quarrel or disagree a quarrelsome young man Synonyms argumentative, belligerent, pugnacious, cross, contentious, irritable, combative, fractious, petulant, ill-tempered, irascible, cantankerous, litigious, querulous, peevish, choleric, disputatious, arsey (British, Australian, New Zealand), cat-and-dog (informal) Definition not willing to help other people with what they are trying to do a bunch of stupid, cranky, uncooperative old fools Synonyms unhelpful, difficult, awkward, unreasonable, obstructive, unresponsive, cussed (informal), bloody-minded (British, informal), inconsiderate, unsupportive, disobliging, unaccommodating |