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Ratty
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Meaning
Adj
●
Resembling or
characteristic
of a
rat
;
rat
like.
●
Infested with rats.
●
In
poor
condition
or repair.
●
In Australian English:
Crazy,
mad
;
ridiculous
;
slightly
strange
,
eccentric
; also (
followed by
about, on, or over),
attracted
to,
infatuated
with.
●
In British English & Anger:
Annoyed,
bad-tempered
, irritable.
Noun
●
Synonym of
knock down ginger
(“prank of
knocking
on a
front door
and
running
away”)
Sourced from
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Origin
ratty
English
-y
English
-y
Middle English (1100-1500)
rat
English
rat
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Rattish
Battered
Tattered
Tatty
Torn
Annoyed
Irritable
Worn Out
Knock Down Ginger
Related
Shaggy
Raggedy
Scruffy
Dumpy
Frumpy
Wrinkled
Scraggly
Haggard
Crusty
Rumpled
Stinky
Grungy
Wrinkly
Smelly
Matted
Grimy
Floppy
Disheveled
Droopy
Dingy
Unkempt
Threadbare
Pudgy
Straggly
Curly
Baggy
Lumpy
Puffy
Soggy
Twiggy
Paunchy
Boney
Mucky
More
Rhymes
Batty
Fatty
Patty
Catty
Tatty
Ratty
Patty
Natty
Catty
Katty
Scatty
Chatty
Bratty
Fratty
Mattie
Splatty
Scratty
Chapati
Tolyatti
Dolcelatte
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