Synonyms of stroppy

stroppy

adjective

British

as in petulant

Related Words

• petulant
• irritable
• grumpy
• irascible
• grouchy
• snappish
• peevish
• crotchety
• testy
• crabby
• waspish
• cranky
• choleric
• pettish
• snippy
• snarky
• cross
• short-tempered
• stuffy
• raspy
• prickly
• oversensitive
• hypersensitive
• cantankerous
• perverse
• ornery
• quick-tempered
• snippety
• cross-grained
• ratty
• supersensitive
• querulous
• surly
• curmudgeonly
• sensitive
• snappy
• disagreeable
• bilious
• tetchy
• dyspeptic
• ill-tempered
• tender
• ill-natured
• huffy
• ill-humored
• bearish
• touchy
• ticklish
• thin-skinned

Dissimilar Words

• amiable
• agreeable
• good-natured
• thick-skinned
• unconcerned
• carefree
• easygoing
• relaxed
• good-tempered
• well-disposed
• obliging
• long-suffering
• forbearing
• understanding
• happy-go-lucky

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stroppy

Shi’s bottle list encompasses an idiosyncratic mix of classics and oddballs, including stroppy Austrian natural whites alongside multi-thousand-dollar Burgundies, funky low-intervention oranges from Greece, a few bottles from the Japanese winery Coco Farm. — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026

She’s matched wonderfully by Cooke, who leans into her actual Manchester accent to give Cherry a stroppy, sarcastic bent and whose body looks absolutely banging wrapped in an array of oxblood, maroon, and cerise minidresses. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025

The team’s cohesion and ability to handle adversity are worlds apart from the stroppy exits that defined Mauricio Pochettino’s time managing a team of Galacticos. — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025

Madison makes for a peculiar heroine; her performance as a realistically stroppy adolescent, in possession of a weariness and cynicism far beyond her years, recalls Karen Kilgariff playing a child in an improv scene. — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2022

But even if Brexit reflects Britain’s carefree pensioners—and some evidence suggests that despite being older, Brexit voters were stroppier than average—there is little sign of such an age effect elsewhere. — The Economist, 11 July 2019