a bit scorpy
- idiom
- Informal
:
un poco áspero
- After a long day at work, she was a bit scorpy and snapped at her friends.
Examples
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He tends to get a bit scorpy when people question his work.
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The team found their coach a bit scorpy after the disappointing match.
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After missing her morning coffee, she was a bit scorpy during the meeting.
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She was feeling a bit scorpy after the meeting.
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Why is he acting a bit scorpy today?
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He can be a bit scorpy when he's stressed, so it's best to give him space.
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The manager was a bit scorpy with the staff during the hectic deadline week.
Synonyms
311
3.7
Behaving in a hostile way and ready to attack or argue
64
3.5
Full of strong, often angry feelings
24
7.2
A person who is unfriendly and often angry in a rough or threatening way
22
8.5
Being bad-tempered and stubborn, often hard to deal with
18
6.7
Being short and rude in the way someone speaks
18
6.5
Showing little concern for other people's feelings
14
7.3
Being often rude and easily annoyed
13
5.7
Quick to get angry or upset by small things
5
5.1
Quick to become angry
4
4.2
Quick to get angry or easily annoyed
3
9.5
Often bad-tempered and easily annoyed, like a grumpy older person
3
9.8
Quick to argue or fight and often angry
2
7.2
Speaking in a short, angry way because you are annoyed
2
9.1
Gets angry easily about small things
1
5.6
Quick to become annoyed or upset
1
6.0
To become angry quickly and easily
1
9.1
Being easily annoyed and quick to feel offended
1
9.6
Quick to become angry and often bad-tempered
1
8.1
Easily annoyed and quick to speak sharply
1
9.7
Feeling annoyed and in a bad mood
1
9.8
Easily annoyed and likely to argue or be unhelpful
1
8.9
Being rude and getting upset by small things
1
9.9
Having a sharp, unfriendly tone that criticizes others
1
8.5
Being rude and mean to other people
1
6.8
To try too hard to make others agree or do something
Quick to speak in a rude or angry way that hurts others
Quick to say sharp things that hurt
Being easily annoyed and bad-tempered, often showing impatience
Becoming easily annoyed and acting in a bad-tempered way
Being bad-tempered and easily offended
A little rude and short in the way someone speaks
Antonyms
How Irritable
Surface Forms
Morphology
a + bit + scorpy
Only the degree phrase 'a bit' is transparently compositional; the core adjective 'scorpy' is rare/slang and not analyzable from its parts or familiar English roots, so its meaning ('slightly aggressive/prickly') cannot be predicted by a B1 learner who only knows the literal constituents. Because the substantive meaning depends on an idiosyncratic, non-transparent adjective rather than a predictable combination, the expression is not derivable from its parts.
Etymology
A bit scorpy may come from comparing a person to a small scorpion; imagine someone who is a little prickly and ready to sting if bothered. That's why it means 'slightly aggressive' or 'somewhat prickly'.