shirty

shirt·y

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [shur-tee]
- /ˈʃɜr ti/
- /ˈʃɜː.ti/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [shur-tee]
- /ˈʃɜr ti/

Definitions of shirty word

adjective shirty bad-tempered; irritable; cranky. 1
adjective shirty irritable 1
adjective shirty If someone gets shirty, they behave in a bad-tempered and rude way because they are annoyed about something. 0
adjective shirty bad-tempered or annoyed 0
adjective shirty ill-tempered, cross, angry, etc. 0

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Origin of shirty

First appearance:

before 1840

One of the 33% newest English words

1840-50; shirt, in the phrase get someone's shirt out to annoy + -y1

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Parts of speech for Shirty

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Shirty

shirty popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 62% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

shirty usage trend in Literature

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