stroppy

strop·py  (strp)

adj. strop·pi·er, strop·pi·est Chiefly British

Easily offended or annoyed; ill-tempered or belligerent.

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[Perhaps alteration of obstreperous.]

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stroppy

Adjective

[-pier, -piest] Informal bad-tempered or deliberately awkward [from obstreperous]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

stroppy - obstreperous bolshy jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate - tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

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stroppy

adjective Brit. (informal) awkward, difficult, obstreperous, destructive, perverse, unhelpful, cantankerous, bloody-minded Brit. (informal) quarrelsome, litigious, uncooperative

Translations

stroppy [ˈstrɔpɪ] adj (BRIT) (col) → borde;

to get stroppy → ponerse borde

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stroppy [ˈstrɔpɪ] adj (Brit) (inf) → contrariant(e) → difficile

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stroppy [ˈstrɔpɪ] (Brit) (inf) adj → pampig (= obstinate); stur

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stroppy [ˈstrɔpɪ] adj (BRIT ) (col) → scontroso/a, indisponente