shirty

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈʃɜːrti/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(shûr′tē)

Inflections of 'shirty' (adj):
shirtier
adj comparative
shirtiest
adj superlative

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
shirt•y  (shûr′tē),USA pronunciation adj., shirt•i•er, shirt•i•est. [Informal.]
  1. British Terms, Informal Termsbad-tempered;
    irritable;
    cranky.
  • shirt, in the phrase get someone's shirt out to annoy + -y1 1840–50
shirt′i•ness, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
shirty / ˈʃɜːtɪ/ (shirtier, shirtiest)
  1. bad-tempered or annoyed
Etymology: 19th Century: perhaps based on such phrases as to get someone's shirt out to annoy someoneˈshirtily

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