shirty (redirected from shirtier)

shirt·y  (shûrt)

adj. shirt·i·er, shirt·i·est Chiefly British

Ill-tempered; angry: "He saw how shirty she was about it" (P.G. Wodehouse).

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[Probably from to get someone's shirt out, to annoy.]

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shirty [ˈʃɜːtɪ]

adj shirtier, shirtiest

Slang chiefly Brit bad-tempered or annoyed

[perhaps based on such phrases as to get someone's shirt out to annoy someone]

shirtily  adv

shirtiness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

shirty - (British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed snorty colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom ill-natured - having an irritable and unpleasant disposition

Translations

shirty [ˈʃɜːtɪ] ADJ (shirtier (compar) (shirtiest (superl))) he was pretty shirty about it → no le gustó nada, no le cayó en gracia

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shirty [ˈʃɜː^rti] adj (British) (= bad-tempered) → de mauvais poil

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shirty

adj (+er) (esp Brit inf) → sauer (inf), → verärgert; (as characteristic) → griesgrämig (inf); he got pretty shirty about it → er wurde ganz schön sauer (inf); now don’t get shirty with me! → nun werd nicht gleich sauer! (inf)

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shirty [ˈʃɜːtɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (fam) he was pretty shirty about it → si è incavolato abbastanza per questa storia

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shirty

adj shirty [ˈʃəːti]

angry; bad-tempered He was a bit shirty with her when she arrived late. kwaad, kwaai غاضِب، سَيِّئ المِزاج нервиран vzteklý arrig fuchsteufelswild θυμωμένος agresivo, grosero, borde tige عصباني kiukkuinen fâché; irritable רַגזָנִי चिड़चिड़ा ljutit, zlovoljan ingerült marah reiður arrabbiato, seccato 怒った 화난 įpykęs, suirzęs dusmīgs; īgns; saskaities jengkel; marah nijdig sint, forbannet wściekły irritável supărat; iritat раздражённый zúrivý jezen ljutit härsken, förbannad อารมณ์ไม่ดี öfkeli, sinirli 易怒的 сердитий, роздратований خفا، ناراض bực dọc, cáu giận 发怒的