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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
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Cite this Entry
“Shirty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shirty. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
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