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stroppy

stroppy |ˈstrɒpi | ▶adjective ( stroppier, stroppiest ) Brit. informal bad-tempered and argumentative. DERIVATIVES stroppily adverb, stroppiness noun ORIGIN 1950s: perhaps an abbreviation of obstreperous .

 

Oxford Dictionary

stroppy

stroppy |ˈstrɒpi | ▶adjective ( stroppier, stroppiest ) Brit. informal bad-tempered and argumentative. DERIVATIVES stroppily adverb, stroppiness noun ORIGIN 1950s: perhaps an abbreviation of obstreperous .

 

Oxford Thesaurus

stroppy

stroppy adjective informal I won't push it unless he gets stroppy: bad-tempered, ill-tempered, irritable, grumpy, cantankerous, truculent, sulky, sullen, awkward, uncooperative, unhelpful, recalcitrant, refractory, difficult, perverse, contrary, confrontational, argumentative, quarrelsome, obstreperous, choleric; Scottish thrawn; informal pig-headed, cussed; Brit. informal shirty, ratty, narky, bolshie, bloody-minded; N. Amer. informal balky, scrappy; archaic contumacious, froward; rare contrarious.

 

Duden Dictionary

Stropp

Stropp Substantiv, maskulin Seemannssprache , der |Str o pp |kurzes Tau mit Ring oder Schlinge; landschaftlich für Aufhänger

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

stroppy

strop py /strɑ́pi |strɔ́pi /形容詞 ⦅英 くだけて ⦆怒りっぽい, 気難しい ; 機嫌の悪い .

 

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