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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: Perhaps from obstreperous

stroppy

 adjective
     
strop‧py British English informal
bad-tempered and easily offended or annoyed:
I try not to get stroppy, but sometimes I just can't help it.
—stroppiness noun [uncountable]
WORD FOCUS: angry WORD FOCUS: angry
a little angry: miffed informal, peeved informal
rather angry: annoyed, irritated, cross, in a bad/foul mood
very angry: furious, livid, outraged, incensed, incandescent with rage formal
to become angry: lose your temper, go mad British English, go berserk informal, go ballistic informal, hit the roof informal
words for describing someone who often gets angry: bad-tempered, grouchy, cantankerous, crabby, stroppy BrE informal

➔ See also angry
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