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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" 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" |
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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
adjectiveSlang. 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.
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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
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/ato get ratty → incavolarsi
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995