pissy

English

Etymology

From piss +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪsi/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ɪsi

Adjective

pissy (comparative pissier, superlative pissiest)(slang, vulgar)

1. Soaked or dirtied by urine.

   David's father immediately threw his baby's pissy clothes into the wash.

2. Resembling or smelling like urine.
   • 1980 December 13, Mitzel, “Dale Barbre's Murder Transformed”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 21, page 12:

     Dan Valentine works as a bartender in a pissy and discreet Boston Village gay bar called "Bonaparte's".

   I admit the car still has a pissy smell from what happened last year.

   1. (of rain) Weak and drizzly.

      I wish these pissy rain showers would either build up into a storm or go away.

3. Anal retentive, whinging and pernickety.

   Stop being pissy: you knew what I meant when I said "Don't touch the dial", but you prodded the dial with a fork.

5. Annoyed; angry; in a bad mood; pissed off.

   Synonyms: shitty; see also Thesaurus:annoyed; Thesaurus:angry

Derived terms

• pissily
• pissiness
• pissy-eyed
• pissy-pants

 

Related terms

• pissy-bed