stroppyadjective
uk/ˈstrɒp.i/us/ˈstrɑː.pi/UK informalangry and unpleasant or rude to other people:
a stroppy teenager
It's no use getting stroppy - I said no and I meant it!
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Bad-tempered
- argumentative
- bad-tempered
- be hell on wheels idiom
- be like a bear with a sore head idiom
- be spoiling for a fight idiom
- bilious
- dyspeptic
- fractious
- get out of bed (on) the wrong side idiom
- grouchy
- grumpy
- have a short fuse idiom
- peppery
- petulant
- pugnacious
- quarrelsome
- quick temper
- surly
- truculent
- wear thin idiom
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stroppily
adverb uk/ˈstrɒp.əl.i/us/ˈstrɑː.pəl.i/
stroppiness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈstrɒp.i.nəs/us/ˈstrɑː.pi.nəs/