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shirty
[ shur-tee ]
adjective
, shirt·i·er, shirt·i·est.
- bad-tempered; irritable; cranky.
shirty
/ ˈʃɜːtɪ /
adjective
- slang.bad-tempered or annoyed
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Derived Forms
- ˈshirtiness, noun
- ˈshirtily, adverb
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Other Words From
- shirt·i·ness noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shirty1
C19: perhaps based on such phrases as to get someone's shirt out to annoy someone
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Example Sentences
Of course, if she had been plain, he reflected gravely, one could understand her being so shirty.
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It is most welcome, as the pater only sent ten bob, being shirty about my report; and the mater another.
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I called out loudly and angrily, 'Shirty, don't shoot him in the back!'
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Shirty was n't there, but I had him covered when he turned back, red hot at having been deceived.
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That's really how it was when I saw you going off with that creature; but of course I was an ass to get shirty about it.
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