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Stroppy is an English word with synonyms like stubborn or obstinate. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Stroppy in a sentence

Stroppy meaning

Ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with.

Synonyms of Stroppy

bolshy stubborn obstinate unregenerate

Related words

Other words often associated with Stroppy or its synonyms:

dour cantankerous tenacious dogged pigheaded unyielding disobedient red unrepentant radical marxist intractable

Using Stroppy

  • The main meaning on this page is: Ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with.
  • Useful related words include: bolshy, stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate.

Context around Stroppy

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

magnetic 1× traditionally 1×

Often after:

teenage 1× obnoxious 1× energy 1× millennials 1×

Sentence patterns with Stroppy

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a magnetic stroppy energy captured 1× leaving a stroppy teenage neymar 1× plus traditionally stroppy millennials and 1× stroppy obnoxious and 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

davis has a 1× everyone in britain 1× stroppy obnoxious and 1×

Common sentence endings:

an independent woman 1× mother ganchimeg sandagdorj 1× the gradations between 1× the santos bench 1×

Words around Stroppy

Just before it in the word index:

stropping 3 stropkov 2 strophes 4 strophe 11 strope 2 strop 17

Just after it in the word index:

stros 7 stross 2 stroszek 2 stroth 3 strother 15 strothers 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 8 aage 8 aardvarks 8 abaca 8 abaji 8 abascal 8

Corpus analysis for Stroppy

  • In this selection, "stroppy" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, magnetic, traditionally, teenage, obnoxious and energy stand out and add context to how "stroppy" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a magnetic stroppy energy captured and leaving a stroppy teenage neymar. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "stroppy" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with stroppy

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

He was also once sacked for leaving a stroppy, teenage Neymar on the Santos bench. (15 words)

Stroppy, obnoxious and extremely teenaged, Ulzii (Battsooj Uurtsaikh) has little patience for his brow-beaten, widowed and illiterate mother (Ganchimeg Sandagdorj). (21 words)

Davis has a magnetic, stroppy energy, captured by direction that brings to the fore the curses and contradictions faced by an independent woman. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

Everyone in Britain appears to detest everyone else — they always have — aristocrats vs. aspiring middle classes vs. chavs (“council house and violent”) plus traditionally stroppy millennials, and all the gradations between. (31 words)

Davis has a magnetic, stroppy energy, captured by direction that brings to the fore the curses and contradictions faced by an independent woman. (23 words)

Stroppy, obnoxious and extremely teenaged, Ulzii (Battsooj Uurtsaikh) has little patience for his brow-beaten, widowed and illiterate mother (Ganchimeg Sandagdorj). (21 words)

Example sentences (4)

He was also once sacked for leaving a stroppy, teenage Neymar on the Santos bench.

Stroppy, obnoxious and extremely teenaged, Ulzii (Battsooj Uurtsaikh) has little patience for his brow-beaten, widowed and illiterate mother (Ganchimeg Sandagdorj).

Davis has a magnetic, stroppy energy, captured by direction that brings to the fore the curses and contradictions faced by an independent woman.

Everyone in Britain appears to detest everyone else — they always have — aristocrats vs. aspiring middle classes vs. chavs (“council house and violent”) plus traditionally stroppy millennials, and all the gradations between.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "stroppy" in a sentence?
An example: "He was also once sacked for leaving a stroppy, teenage Neymar on the Santos bench." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "stroppy" from authentic English texts.
What does "stroppy" mean?
Stroppy means: Ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with.
What are synonyms of "stroppy"?
Common synonyms of "stroppy" include: bolshy, stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate.
How many example sentences with "stroppy" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "stroppy", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.