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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Adjective
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Harry Belafonte was angry at Martin Luther King’s funeral.—
Made by History,
Time,
4 Apr. 2025 -
Related article People are angry at Gen Z taking photos of airport trays.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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And the prime minister of Greenland, Mute B. Egede, said in an indignant statement that there would be no meetings between U.S. officials and Greenland’s government.—
Tim Balk,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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In the clip, Miyazaki seems neither outraged nor indignant, simply exhausted and annoyed.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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And the maddest thing of all is the AI Generator, who wants to marry her!—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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The other tuna dodged their dead companions with a flick of the tail and continued their mad carousel.—
Julia Amberger, Nanni Fontana, Marzio Mian, & Nicola Scevola (Tr. Elettra Pauletto),
The Dial,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Martin’s work has taken on a furious pace in the past few months amid the Trump administration’s campaign against diversity, equity and inclusion protocols and health, welfare and Medicaid cuts that will fall hard on vulnerable Black Americans.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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The Leafs hatched a furious last-minute comeback to force overtime, only to lose 6-5 in a shootout to the Sharks, Toronto’s second such loss to San Jose this month.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Sitting in the visiting manager’s office at Yankee Stadium, Brewers manager Pat Murphy declined to go ballistic over the torpedo bats that blew up his pitching staff over the first three games of the season.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
30 Mar. 2025
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Prior to his painting, this transfer class, now called ballistic capture transfers, or weak stability boundary (WSB) transfers, did not exist, Belbruno said.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Shirty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shirty. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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