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

(typically of children) Irritable and quarrelsome

Adjective

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

have chip on shoulder

obstinately disobedient

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

having a chip on one's shoulder

with one's feet dug in

iron-willed

with one's toes dug in

without law and order

standing one's ground

disinclined to accept

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“I was starting to do a caesarean section on a really stroppy cow who was kicking and thrashing about all over the place.”

Adjective

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(typically of children) Irritable and quarrelsome

ill-humored^US

having got out of bed the wrong side

as cross as two sticks

like a bear with a sore head

having got out of bed on the wrong side

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

with all guns blazing

got up on wrong side of bed

antagonized^US

scandalized^US

antagonised^UK

scandalised^UK

beside yourself with rage

having a fit of the sulks

in a funk

in the sulks

in a strop

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