Grumpy vs Stroppy - What's the difference?
grumpy | stroppy |
Unhappy, dissatisfied and/or irritable.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with.
* 2004 , Simon Brett, The Hanging in the Hotel , Pan Macmillan UK,
* 2010 , Gillian Bloxham, W. Doyle Gentry, Anger Management For Dummies , UK Edition,
* 2010 , Alexandra Bell, Rising to the Deadline: One Woman's Sexy Climb to the Top in Newspapers , Trafford Publishing, Canada,
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As adjectives the difference between grumpy and stroppy
is that grumpy is unhappy, dissatisfied and/or irritable while stroppy is (uk|australia|new zealand|slang) ornery, fractious, belligerent, or obstreperous, and hence difficult to deal with.grumpy
English
Adjective
(er)- Tommy feels grumpy today because his friend stole his ball.
- Michael Finnell was grumpy''', but became even '''grumpier when the Celtics lost.
Synonyms
* grouchy * surly * truculentstroppy
English
Adjective
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- Her shape and posture shadowed her daughter?s, though Kerry carried herself with more attitude, a stroppier jutting of the hips than her mother.
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- Even today, women who show signs of anger and who express themselves in some assertive way may be labelled stroppy for doing so.
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- The people who actually produced the paper, mainly the printers, were a stroppier lot, with a more aggressive union.
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- Davina told me earlier that Luke was the stroppiest patient she?d ever had and that he?d given her a lecture on how ineflicient and time-wasting her medical was.