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stroppy
[ strop-ee ]
adjective
- bad-tempered or hostile; quick to take offense.
stroppy
/ ˈٰɒɪ /
adjective
- informal.angry or awkward
Derived Forms
- ˈٰDZ辱, adverb
- ˈٰDZ辱Ա, noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of stroppy1
Word History and Origins
Origin of stroppy1
Example Sentences
She goes against his precepts and disobeys his orders — they appear as onscreen italic titles — and he gets stroppy, as a father would.
Ronaldo-mania had swept over Scotland at the same pace as the Portugal captain's stroppy march down the Hampden tunnel at the full-time whistle.
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.
Others may now have won more titles - let's leave the 'GOAT' debate for another day - but for many the once stroppy youngster was sport at its pure best.
With a big, stroppy guitar riff and a lyric about fighting for the things you believe in, it languished, forgotten, on Treays' hard drive for six months before he stumbled across the file one night.
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