adj
Meaning 1
Ill-tempered or annoyed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, UK, informal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
shirty
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈʃɝ.ti/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃɜː.ti/
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ti
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
(British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: snorty
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From shirt + -y, probably based on the phrase get one's shirt out.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: ядосан (jadosan) — ill-tempered or annoyed
- Bulgarian: нервиран (nerviran) — ill-tempered or annoyed
- Czech: naštvaný — ill-tempered or annoyed
- Czech: vytočený — ill-tempered or annoyed
- Czech: dopálený — ill-tempered or annoyed
- Russian: раздражённый (razdražónnyj) — ill-tempered or annoyed
- Swedish: sur — ill-tempered or annoyed