stroppy

(strŏp'ē)
adj. Chiefly British, -pi·er, -pi·est.
Easily offended or annoyed; ill-tempered or belligerent.

[Perhaps alteration of OBSTREPEROUS.]

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Brit.  touchy, belligerent

adjective
adjective, Brit

Bad-tempered, angry, rebellious, awkward. (1951 —) .
A. Diment Should the shit hit the fan and the Swedes come over stroppy, he could say...'weren't nothing to do with us, son!' (1968).

[Perh. abbreviation of obstreperous adjective with altered stem-vowel.]

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• Troublesome, Negative, Irresponsible, or Unpleasant

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See words rhyming with "stroppy."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - besværlig, genstridig

Nederlands (Dutch)
scherp

Français (French)
adj. - ronchon, en pétard

Deutsch (German)
adj. - (Slang) widerspenstig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (Βρετ., καθομ.) εριστικός, δύστροπος

Italiano (Italian)
rompiscatole

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - aborrecido

Русский (Russian)
буйный, несговорчивый, сварливый, недовольный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - negro, de mala uva

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ilsken

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
蛮横的, 乖戾的, 易怒的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 蠻橫的, 乖戾的, 易怒的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 걸핏하면 싸우는, 싸움을 좋아하는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 反抗的な, 不平を鳴らす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) شخص صعب التعامل معه, سريع الغضب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עקשן, מרדני‬

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