trollishness
Deliberate provocative behavior
Trollishness is the quality of behaving like a troll—provocative, deliberately annoying, or intent on stirring up conflict for amusement.
The word usually describes online behavior: posting inflammatory comments, derailing discussions, or baiting others into arguments.
The trollishness of his replies made the forum unbearable.
It can also describe offline behavior with similar qualities.
On fire, or online attacks
- baitingDeliberately trying to provoke
- provocationAct that triggers response
- griefingDeliberate gameplay harassment
- harassmentAggressive, unwanted targeting
toxic · anonymous · forum · comments · cyberbullying · inflammatory · antagonism · derailing
State of being off-putting
- contrarianChronic majority-opposer
- provocativeMeant to provoke response
- antagonisticActively opposed or hostile
- obnoxiousExtremely disagreeable in manner
needling · pestering · goading · irritating · mean-spirited · spiteful · mischievous · impish
flaming
On fire, or online attacks
- baitingDeliberately trying to provoke
- provocationAct that triggers response
- griefingDeliberate gameplay harassment
harassment · toxic · anonymous · forum · comments · cyberbullying · inflammatory · antagonism · derailing · sealioning
disagreeableness
State of being off-putting
- contrarianChronic majority-opposer
- provocativeMeant to provoke response
- antagonisticActively opposed or hostile
obnoxious · needling · pestering · goading · irritating · mean-spirited · spiteful · mischievous · impish · aggravating
creature
Living, sentient entity
- bridgeStructure spanning an obstacle
- fairy taleMagical children's narrative
- ScandinavianOf Denmark, Norway, Sweden
monster · grotesque · ogre · gnome · myth · Nordic · ugliness · menacing · lurking · supernatural
trollishnessgood faith
Sincere, honest intent
sincerity · constructiveness · helpfulness · earnestness · civility
trollishnessgenuineness
Quality of being real
sincerity · authenticity · honesty · intellectual honesty · candor
trollishnessgraciousness
Courteous, kind demeanor
kindness · benevolence · considerateness · civility · courteousness
troll, trolls, trolling, trolled, troller, trollers, trollish, trolly