shirty

adjective

ˈshər-tē 

chiefly British

: angry, irritated

Synonyms

• angered
• angry
• apoplectic
• ballistic
• cheesed off [chiefly British]
• choleric
• enraged
• foaming
• fuming
• furious
• hopping
• horn-mad
• hot
• incensed
• indignant
• inflamed
• enflamed
• infuriate
• infuriated
• irate
• ireful
• livid
• mad
• outraged
• rabid
• rankled
• riled
• riley
• roiled
• sore
• steamed up
• steaming
• teed off
• ticked
• wrathful
• wroth

Examples of shirty in a Sentence

He was shirty with the people who arrived late.

the visiting businessman was beginning to feel as though he had encountered every shirty bloke in London

Word History

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for shirty

• cherty
• dirty
• flirty
• intertie

Kids Definition

shirty

adjective

ˈshərt-ē 

chiefly British

: being annoyed : angry