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shirtier

shirtier is the comparative form of shirty.

Meaning of shirty

Adjective

shirty (comparative shirtier, superlative shirtiest)

  1. (Australia, UK, informal) Ill-tempered or annoyed.
    • "You ain't shirty 'cause I kissed yer last night?"
    • "I'm not shirty; but it was pretty cool, considerin' like as I didn't know yer."1897, W. Somerset Maugham, Liza of Lambeth, chapter 3

Questions about shirtier

What is shirtier the comparative form of?
Shirtier is the comparative form of shirty.

Words near shirtier in the dictionary

  1. shirtfronts
  2. shirtful
  3. shirtfuls
  4. Shirtgate
  5. shirtie
  6. shirtier
  7. shirties
  8. shirtiest
  9. shirtily
  10. shirtiness
  11. shirting

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