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stroppiest

stroppiest is the superlative form of stroppy.

Meaning of stroppy

Adjective

stroppy (comparative stroppier, superlative stroppiest)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) Ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with.
    • In this case, the application of the famous method was a little shaky. To be fair, the director was dealing with a pretty stroppy cast.1989, Kenneth Branagh, Beginning, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 64

Questions about stroppiest

What is stroppiest the superlative form of?
Stroppiest is the superlative form of stroppy.

Words near stroppiest in the dictionary

  1. strophulus
  2. stropped
  3. stropper
  4. stroppers
  5. stroppier
  6. stroppiest
  7. stroppily
  8. stroppiness
  9. stropping
  10. stroppings
  11. stroppy

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