shirty
/ˈʃɝ.ti/adjective
shirty is spelled S-H-I-R-T-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, shirty means “Ill-tempered or annoyed” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in shirty?
| Letters | 6: S-H-I-R-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 21 million words; the 138,319th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is shirty?
Shirty appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce shirty?
- US /ˈʃɝ.ti/
- UK /ˈʃɜː.ti/
Shirty has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-shirty.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with shirty?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as shirty from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹti/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of shirty
- shirtier comparative
- shirtiest superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does shirty mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
AustraliaUKinformalIll-tempered or annoyed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does shirty come from?
From shirt + -y, probably based on the phrase get one's shirt out.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).