"shirty" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈʃɝ.ti/ [General-American], /ˈʃɜː.ti/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-au-shirty.ogg Forms: shirtier [comparative], shirtiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ti Etymology: From shirt + -y, probably based on the phrase get one's shirt out. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|shirt|y|id2=adjectival}} shirt + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} shirty (comparative shirtier, superlative shirtiest)
  1. (chiefly Australia, UK, informal) Ill-tempered or annoyed. Tags: Australia, UK, informal Derived forms: shirtily, shirtiness Translations (ill-tempered or annoyed): ядосан (jadosan) (Bulgarian), нервиран (nerviran) (Bulgarian), раздражённый (razdražónnyj) [masculine] (Russian), sur (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "ill-tempered or annoyed",
      "word": "ядосан"
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      "roman": "nerviran",
      "sense": "ill-tempered or annoyed",
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      "sense": "ill-tempered or annoyed",
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      "sense": "ill-tempered or annoyed",
      "word": "sur"
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