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SHIRTY (shirtier, shirtiest)

Dictionary entry overview: What does shirty mean?

• SHIRTY (adjective)
The adjective SHIRTY has 1 sense:

1. (British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed

Familiarity information: SHIRTY used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SHIRTY (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed

Synonyms:

shirty; snorty

Similar:

ill-natured (having an irritable and unpleasant disposition)

Domain region:

Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

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