Adjective: bolshy (bolshier,bolshiest) ból-shee
Usage: Brit, informal
Usage: Brit, informal
Usage: Brit, informal
- Obstreperous
"However you are perfectly entitled to get bolshy if you can't have what you want";
- stroppy [Brit, informal], bolshie [Brit, informal]
Usage: Brit, informal
- An emotionally charged term used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries
"The conservative politician dismissed his opponent as a bolshy";
- Bolshevik, Marxist, bolshie [Brit, informal]
Derived forms: bolshies, bolshier
See also: obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate
Type of: rad [informal], radical
Encyclopedia: Bolshy