stroppy
adjective
[ ˈstrɒpi ]
• bad-tempered and argumentative.
• "Patricia was getting stroppy"
Similar:
bad-tempered,
ill-tempered,
irritable,
grumpy,
cantankerous,
truculent,
sulky,
sullen,
awkward,
uncooperative,
unhelpful,
recalcitrant,
refractory,
difficult,
perverse,
contrary,
confrontational,
argumentative,
quarrelsome,
obstreperous,
choleric,
thrawn,
pig-headed,
cussed,
shirty,
ratty,
narky,
bolshie,
bloody-minded,
balky,
scrappy,
contumacious,
froward,
contrarious,
Origin:
1950s: perhaps an abbreviation of obstreperous.
