shirty
UK/ˈʃɜː.ti/US/ˈʃɝ.ti/
shirty adjective: ill-tempered or annoyed.
Adjective
shirty (comparative shirtier, superlative shirtiest)
- 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
shirty meaning in Tamil and Bengali
shirty in Tamil
- மோசமான மனநிலை
shirty in Bengali
- বদমেজাজী, বিরক্ত
Forms of shirty
| comparative | shirtier |
|---|---|
| superlative | shirtiest |
Origin of shirty
From shirt + -y, probably based on the phrase get one's shirt out.
Words formed from shirty
Words that rhyme with shirty
Questions about shirty
- What does shirty mean?
- Shirty means ill-tempered or annoyed.
- What is shirty in Tamil?
- Shirty in Tamil is மோசமான மனநிலை. See Shirty meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is shirty?
- Shirty is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce shirty?
- Shirty is pronounced /ˈʃɝ.ti/ (US).
Words near shirty in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: shirty (page history and authors); shirty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); shirty (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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