yelly

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English

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Etymology

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From yell +‎ -y.

Adjective

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yelly (comparative yellier, superlative yelliest)

  1. (informal) Tending to yell.
    • 2001 April 29, Sea Wasp, “Portability of concepts”, in rec.arts.sf.written[1] (Usenet):
      If someone talks to you in a way that makes sense and explains why you shouldn't take HIS stuff, you won't. If they get all yelly and huffy and accusatory, though, well, they're just mean people.