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rat·ty

(răt′ē)

adj. rat·ti·er, rat·ti·est

1. Of or characteristic of rats.

2. Infested with rats.

3. Dilapidated; shabby.

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ratty

(ˈrætɪ)

adj, -tier or -tiest

1. informal Brit and NZ irritable; annoyed

2. informal (of the hair) unkempt or greasy

3. slang US and Canadian shabby; dilapidated

4. slang

a. angry

b. mad

5. of, like, or full of rats

ˈrattily adv

ˈrattiness n

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rat•ty

(ˈræt i)

adj. -ti•er, -ti•est.

1. full of rats.

2. of or characteristic of a rat.

3. wretched; shabby.

4. irritable; angry.

[1860–65]

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Adj.	1.	ratty - of or characteristic of rats
	2.	ratty - showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains" moth-eaten, shabby, tatty worn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"
	3.	ratty - dirty and infested with rats dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"

ratty

adjective irritable, cross, angry, annoyed, pissed (U.S. & Canad. slang), crabbed, impatient, snappy, pissed off (taboo slang), touchy, tetchy, testy, chippy (informal), short-tempered I was beginning to get a bit ratty and fed up.

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ratty

adjective

Slang. Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect:

bedraggled, broken-down, decaying, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, down-at-heel, faded, mangy, rundown, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tattered, tatty, threadbare.

Informal: tacky.

Idioms: all the worse for wear, gone to pot, past cure.

Translations

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ratty

[ˈrætɪ] ADJ (rattier (compar) (rattiest (superl)))

1. (Brit) (= bad-tempered) to be/get ratty → estar/ponerse de malas
he was pretty ratty about it → se picó mucho por ello

2. (US) (= shabby) → andrajoso

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

ratty

[ˈræti] adj

(British) (= irritable) → grincheux/euse

(US) (= shabby) → miteux/euse

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

ratty

adj (+er) (inf)

(Brit: = irritable) → gereizt

(US: = run-down) → verlottert (inf)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

ratty

[ˈrætɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (Brit) (fam) → incavolato/a
to get ratty → incavolarsi

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