Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shirty

/ˈʃɝ.ti/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: shir-ty
IPA: /ˈʃɝ.ti/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Ill-tempered or annoyed.

Australian usage; British usage; Informal

Example Sentences

""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.""
""Well, so help me Bob, you are a shirty old cow, Mudgy.""

Etymology

From shirt + -y, probably based on the phrase get one's shirt out.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: shirt

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈʃɝ.ti/
British English: /ˈʃɜː.ti/

Usage

Inflected Forms

shirtier (comparative) shirtiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

shirtily shirtiness

Synonyms

snorty

Rhymes With

dirty poverty thirty flirty qwerty purty hurty alberty cherty skirty

Questions

How do you pronounce shirty?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʃɝ.ti/.
What does shirty mean?: Ill-tempered or annoyed.
Where does shirty come from?: From shirt + -y, probably based on the phrase get one's shirt out.

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