shirty

adjective

ˈshər-tē How to pronounce shirty (audio)
Definition of shirtynext
chiefly British
as in angry
feeling or showing anger the visiting businessman was beginning to feel as though he had encountered every shirty bloke in London

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shirty
  1. angry
  2. indignant
  3. mad
  4. furious
  5. ballistic
Adjective
  • When customers are angry, representatives by nature are likely to get defensive.
    Tomas Gorny, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Watching his massive bank of video screens with the angry mob clashing with the Raiders, there seems to be more than a hint of veracity to that intriguing statement.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of angry
Adjective
  • And no other post-World War II president faced a powerful Asian adversary like today’s China: large, resourceful, indignant, and determined to claim the central regional position.
    Michael J. Green, Foreign Affairs, 31 Jan. 2022
  • The audience cheers at the right moments, and Costner has the appropriate indignant fervor.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 1 July 2024
Definition of indignant
Adjective
  • Nicole has got this mad playfulness as a performer.
    Marley Marius, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The first-year director of sports performance is a culture-setting strength coach, mad sports scientist and vocal advocate for her athletes.
    Iliana Limón Romero, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of mad
Adjective
  • The pair ended up shoving each other, with Ait-Nouri clearly furious before Wolves head of goalkeeping Neil Cutler and reserve goalkeeper Dan Bentley jumped between the pair and tried to shove Ait-Nouri away.
    Steve Madeley, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
  • At the Los Feliz branch of Los Angeles Public Library, children’s librarian Diane Garcia said she has been intimidated several times by a patron who was furious about the LGBTQ+ picture books on display.
    Jenny Gold, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of furious
Adjective
  • Russian drones were also reported to have entered Latvian and Romanian airspace in September, while Poland was forced to scramble fighter jets last week when Russia conducted ballistic and cruise missile strikes on western Ukraine.
    Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Streets in the capital Kyiv remained largely empty Friday morning as Ukraine’s air force warned of the threat of ballistic and cruise missiles potentially targeting parts of the country.
    Daria Tarasova Markina, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of ballistic
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