pissy
Americanadjective
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soiled with or reeking of urine.
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inferior, nasty, or disagreeable.
Etymology
Origin of pissy
Example Sentences
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“I figured the hospital was already pissy with me because we didn’t vaccinate at all,” he told ProPublica.
From Salon ● May 7, 2026
To Fitz’s enormous credit, he did not get all pissy and quiet—only a little pissy and quiet.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 27, 2020
They started laughing at Kill’s clipped speech, his old Chicago accent, his pissy evasions.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2019
There’s a great throwaway line in High Fidelity, the movie, where John Cusack’s pissy Rob Gordon tells Jack Black’s overcaffeinated Barry, “I just want something I can ignore.”
From Slate ● Dec. 20, 2013
But they’re the only way to get all this stuff, and it’s no good getting pissy about it, because they’re still going to control everything whether you like it or not.
From "Feed" by M.T. Anderson
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