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[ UK /ʃˈɜːti/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. (British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed

How To Use shirty In A Sentence

  • I couldn't stand there and risk someone being a bit shirty with him so I touched him lightly on the arm and indicated that he should stand on the right.
  • Some friendly letters come back and these horrible bigots get shirty and make remarks about teeth, for Christ's sake.
  • If they get shirty I stop and depending on the tone of their posting, I may remove all the posts in the thread and block them. How to be an online critic. « Mudpuddle
  • Its a bit rich Ministers getting all shirty about his pension when their own is both gold and diamond plated – and just look how incompetent they are. Sir Fred Goodwin drawing a pension of £650,000 a year aged 50
  • No matter what pressure you're under do not get shirty.
  • I reckoned if they decided to get shirty and chuck me out, the gig was over anyway, so what did I have to lose?
  • Uhm, okay, dude, nice dig, but Obama supported the dawning of the "bailout era," too, so let's not get all shirty here, okay? TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads
  • I remember ages ago when smoking was allowed in public service offices but it was about to be abolished and some guy at a party getting shirty about it and I was defending the decison. Cheeseburger Gothic » The end of smoko.
  • Funny enough, if I ask other people about their reasons for watching/reading the news, they get shirty and look at me like I'm crazy. ‘It's important to be informed!’
  • Suppose Toby's saying something shirty to his boss makes his boss feel that he may have to take a difficult decision about him.
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