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shirty Definition

shirty (s̸hʉr′tē)

adjective shirt′i·er, shirt′i·est

Chiefly Brit., Slang ill-tempered, cross, angry, etc.

Etymology: < shirt (in phr. to have one's shirt out, to make or become angry) + -y

shirty Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • very: Yet if you talk to them that way they get very shirty.
  • really: Pass the Parcel can get horribly tense as hawk eyed mothers get really shirty if their kid doesn't have a go.

Modifies a noun

dame: Nor that wasn't such a shirty dame, was it?

Used with adjective complement

get: Pass the Parcel can get horribly tense as hawk eyed mothers get really shirty if their kid doesn't have a go.