Meanings
comparative shirtier · superlative shirtiest
- AustraliaUKinformalIll-tempered or annoyed.
"Well, so help me Bob, you are a shirty old cow, Mudgy."
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 921 more example
"You ain't shirty 'cause I kissed yer last night?" "I'm not shirty; but it was pretty cool, considerin' like as I didn't know yer."
1897, W. Somerset Maugham, Liza of Lambeth, chapter 3
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From shirt + -y, probably based on the phrase get one's shirt out.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian ядосан, нервиран
- ядосан (jadosan)ill-tempered or annoyed
- нервиран (nerviran)ill-tempered or annoyed
Czech naštvaný, vytočený
- naštvanýill-tempered or annoyed
- vytočenýill-tempered or annoyed
- dopálenýill-tempered or annoyed
Russian раздражённый
- раздражённый (razdražónnyj)ill-tempered or annoyed
Swedish sur
- surill-tempered or annoyed
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with shirty
All rhymes →Anagrams
Cite this entry
shirty. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shirty
“shirty.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shirty. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shirty,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shirty.
Source: shirty on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.