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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (British informal) ill-tempered or annoyed [syn: shirty, snorty]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1846 chiefly British angry, irritated

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (shirtier, shirtiest) colloq. angry; annoyed. Derivatives: shirtily adv. shirtiness n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If someone gets shirty, they behave in a bad-tempered and rude way because they are annoyed about something. (BRIT INFORMAL) He got quite shirty with me. = stroppy ADJ: usu v-link ADJ