bolshy

bolshy
[[t]bɒ̱lʃi[/t]]
also bolshie
ADJ-GRADED (disapproval)
If you say that someone is bolshy, you mean that they easily get angry and often do not do what other people want them to do. [BRIT, INFORMAL]

I had to get very bolshie before my brother was asked to do some housework as well.

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  • bolshy — adjective BrE informal tending to be angry or annoyed and not to obey people: Jack was in one of his bolshie moods again! bolshiness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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