stroppiness
Bad-tempered awkwardness
Stroppiness is the quality of being stroppy—bad-tempered, argumentative, or difficult to deal with.
The word is chiefly British: I wasn't prepared for her stroppiness when I asked her to help.
It suggests sulky resistance rather than outright hostility.
Bad-tempered disposition
- crankinessIll-tempered disposition
- snappinessTerse, lively sharpness
- testinessEasily provoked irritation
- peevishnessIrritable, querulous disposition
surliness · grouchiness · touchiness · irascibility · petulance · tetchiness · crossness · bad temper
State of moody resentment
- huffinessIrritable, offended manner
- petulanceIrritable, childish impatience
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
- touchinessReadiness to feel slighted
sensitivity · high-strung · thin-skinned · oversensitivity · capriciousness · unpredictability · emotional · huffy
Defying workplace authority
- rebelliousnessTendency toward defiant resistance
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
- recalcitranceStubborn refusal to obey
contrariness · uncooperativeness · backtalk · belligerence · cheekiness · sassiness · attitude · lip
Refusal to yield
- pigheadednessStubborn refusal to yield
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- bullheadednessStubborn persistence despite reason
- mulishnessUnyielding resistance to persuasion
willfulness · obduracy · contumacy · bloody-mindedness · perversity · cussedness · unreasonableness · inflexibility
grumpiness
Bad-tempered disposition
- crankinessIll-tempered disposition
- snappinessTerse, lively sharpness
- testinessEasily provoked irritation
peevishness · surliness · grouchiness · touchiness · irascibility · petulance · tetchiness · crossness · bad temper · short temper
sulkiness
State of moody resentment
- huffinessIrritable, offended manner
- petulanceIrritable, childish impatience
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
touchiness · sensitivity · high-strung · thin-skinned · oversensitivity · capriciousness · unpredictability · emotional · huffy
insubordination
Defying workplace authority
- rebelliousnessTendency toward defiant resistance
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
- disobedienceRefusal to follow orders
recalcitrance · contrariness · uncooperativeness · backtalk · belligerence · cheekiness · sassiness · attitude · lip · brattiness
stubbornness
Refusal to yield
- pigheadednessStubborn refusal to yield
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- bullheadednessStubborn persistence despite reason
mulishness · willfulness · obduracy · contumacy · bloody-mindedness · perversity · cussedness · unreasonableness · inflexibility · unmovability
stroppinessagreeableness
Pleasant, cooperative nature
compliance · cooperativeness · good humor · amiability · pleasantness