stroppy
/ˈstɹɒpi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with.
British usage; Slang
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Her shape and posture shadowed her daughter′s, though Kerry carried herself with more attitude, a stroppier jutting of the hips than her mother."
- "Even today, women who show signs of anger and who express themselves in some assertive way may be labelled stroppy for doing so."
- "The people who actually produced the paper, mainly the printers, were a stroppier lot, with a more aggressive union."
- "Davina told me earlier that Luke was the stroppiest patient she'd ever had and that he'd given her a lecture on how inefficient and time-wasting her medical was."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: y
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈstɹɒpi/