adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang

   "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."

Adjective

1. 1
   obstreperous wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bolshyornerystubborn

Example

More examples

"It was a stroppy answer to a dim-witted question."

Etymology

From obstropulous, obsolete slang form of obstreperous, + -y.

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