stroppy
UK/ˈstɹɒpi/
stroppy adjective: ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with.
Adjective
stroppy (comparative stroppier, superlative stroppiest)
- 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
- Her shape and posture shadowed her daughter′s, though Kerry carried herself with more attitude, a stroppier jutting of the hips than her mother.2004, Simon Brett, The Hanging in the Hotel, Pan Macmillan UK
stroppy meaning in Malayalam
stroppy in Malayalam
- bad-tempered, irascible, irritable
- ദുസ്തർക്കത്തിൽ ഏർപ്പെടുന്ന, ക്ഷിപ്രകോപം വരുന്ന, വേഗം കോപം വരുന്ന, കുപിതനായ, വെറിപിടിച്ച, വെറിപിടിച്ച നിലയിലുള്ള
Forms of stroppy
| comparative | stroppier |
|---|---|
| superlative | stroppiest |
Origin of stroppy
From obstropulous, obsolete slang form of obstreperous, + -y.
Words formed from stroppy
Words that rhyme with stroppy
Questions about stroppy
- What does stroppy mean?
- Stroppy means ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with.
- What is stroppy in Malayalam?
- Stroppy in Malayalam is ദുസ്തർക്കത്തിൽ ഏർപ്പെടുന്ന, ക്ഷിപ്രകോപം വരുന്ന, വേഗം കോപം വരുന്ന. See Stroppy meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is stroppy?
- Stroppy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce stroppy?
- Stroppy is pronounced /ˈstɹɒpi/ (UK).
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: stroppy (page history and authors); stroppy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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