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arsy

arsy is the alternative form of arsey.

Meaning of arsey

Adjective

arsey (comparative more arsey, superlative most arsey)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang) Unpleasant, especially in a sarcastic, grumpy or haughty manner.
    • First few months in, I was arsey as hell. Thought they were a right bunch of wankers.2000, Peter Billingham, Sensing the City Through Television: Urban Identities in Fictional Drama, page 50
  2. (Australia, New Zealand, slang) Lucky.

Forms of arsy

comparativearsier
superlativearsiest

Phrases with arsy

Questions about arsy

What is arsy the alternative form of?
Arsy is the alternative form of arsey.

Words near arsy in the dictionary

  1. arsphenamine
  2. arsphenamines
  3. arste
  4. arsthinol
  5. Arsura
  6. arsy
  7. arsy varsy
  8. arsy versy
  9. Arsyeniy
  10. art
  11. art and part

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Adapted from Wiktionary: arsy (page history and authors); arsey (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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