stroppy
/ˈstɹɒpi/adjective
stroppy is spelled S-T-R-O-P-P-Y: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, stroppy means “Ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in stroppy?
| Letters | 7: S-T-R-O-P-P-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 102,771st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is stroppy?
Stroppy appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce stroppy?
- UK /ˈstɹɒpi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-stroppy.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with stroppy?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as stroppy from its last stressed vowel (/ɒpi/, British pronunciation):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of stroppy
- stroppier comparative
- stroppiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does stroppy mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
CommonwealthIrelandUKslangOrnery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Stroppy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense obstreperous:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does stroppy come from?
From obstropulous, obsolete slang form of obstreperous, + -y.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).