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stroppy

[ strop-ee ]

adjective

British Informal.
stroppier, stroppiest.
  1. bad-tempered or hostile; quick to take offense.


stroppy

/ ˈٰɒɪ /

adjective

  1. informal.
    angry or awkward
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٰDZ辱, adverb
  • ˈٰDZ辱Ա, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stroppy1

1950–55; perhaps (ob)strep(erous) + -y 1, though o is unexplained
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stroppy1

C20: changed and shortened from obstreperous
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Example Sentences

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She goes against his precepts and disobeys his orders — they appear as onscreen italic titles — and he gets stroppy, as a father would.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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