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shirty

shirt·y [ shúrtee ] (comparative shirt·i·er, superlative shirt·i·est)


adjective 
Definition:
 
U.K. annoyed and bad-tempered: aggressive or bad-tempered because of being annoyed about something ( informal )

[Mid-19th century. < taking shirts off to fight]

shirt·i·ly adverb
shirt·i·ness noun
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