˜yÐÄvlog

Advertisement

Advertisement

shirty

[ shur-tee ]

adjective

shirtier, shirtiest.
  1. bad-tempered; irritable; cranky.


shirty

/ ˈʃɜ˳Ùɪ /

adjective

  1. slang.
    bad-tempered or annoyed
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ³ó¾±°ù³Ù¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
  • ˈ²õ³ó¾±°ù³Ù¾±±ô²â, adverb
Discover More

Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ³ó¾±°ù³Ù·¾±Â·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
Discover More

˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of shirty1

First recorded in 1840–50; shirt, in the phrase get someone's shirt out “to annoy†+ -y 1
Discover More

˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of shirty1

C19: perhaps based on such phrases as to get someone's shirt out to annoy someone
Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

I tracked him down and he got very shirty with me, very like, "Who are you? Why are you asking? How did you find me?"

From

The shirty fan, who works for a publishing firm, reckons his collection is worth about £10,000 to £15,000 - though he rarely shells out top price.

From

"We weren't prepared to put ourselves at risk or our clients at risk. They got a bit shirty with us."

From

He tells me he prefers to listen to jazz or classical music, but, asked why he favours those genres, responds with a shirty: “Cos that’s what I like.â€

From

His new book, “White,†is a set of personal essays in which he dismisses millennials as “Generation Wuss†and gets shirty about filtering culture through identity and not capital-A art.

From

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement