stroppy

IPA: strˈɑpi

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, India, South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, slang) Ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with.

Examples of "stroppy" in Sentences

Personally I would rather be termed offensive, rude or crass than "stroppy".
perhaps they should have sister establishment in Edinburgh called 'stroppy'!
And getting stroppy is not going to work. on January 16, 2008 at 10: 10 am | Reply plod999
She also argued that descriptions of her as "stroppy" reflected a double standard in the treatment of male and female politicians.
Talking to the Evening Standard, Sally Bercow, 40, admitted drinking to excess most evenings, engaging in one-night stands and being "stroppy".
The only course of action that I can see is for the parent to be able to impose their will on the stroppy teenager without fear of prosecution.
When I mentioned it, Cheryl got kind of stroppy, and moved us to another room which was like a coffee room or a public library - people everywhere!!!
Ms Smith did say, however, that she had been annoyed by being described as "stroppy" on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme, adding she had never heard a man described as that.