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ratty::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | moth-eaten, shabby, tatty |
a ratty old overcoat.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | rat |
Examples of ratty
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Rossum plays down her beauty with dark circles under her eyes and ratty clothes.
From the denverpost.com
Meanwhile, we sit there in our ratty T-shirt and sweats and make petty comments.
From the sacbee.com
Two years later, the collar is coming off the big-name shirt, which looks ratty.
From the freep.com
I stopped combing my hair, let it tangle and frizz into a ratty mane like Patti's.
From the guardian.co.uk
It's unprofessional for him to be seen in public with stubble or ratty sweatpants.
From the ocregister.com
If your shamrocks start to look ratty and weak, try replanting them in fresh soil.
From the toledoblade.com
He looked a bit ratty to me, and famously rats are much easier to train than mice.
From the nzherald.co.nz
And traders are importing old, ratty cars, something the old regime did not allow.
From the washingtonpost.com
So I'm driving down the freeway getting dressed in my ratty, convertible car.
From the kentucky.com
- Of or characteristic of rats
- Moth-eaten: showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains"
- Dirty and infested with rats
- Ratty (Swedish: Ru00E5ttis) is a 1986 Swedish animated feature film directed by Lennart Gustafsson about rats experiencing young love. The film features several song numbers and is on the border to what could be called a musical.
- The Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway is a minimum gauge heritage railway in Cumbria, England. The seven-mile line runs from Ravenglass to Dalegarth Station near Boot in the valley of Eskdale, in the Lake District. At Ravenglass the line ends at Ravenglass railway station on the Cumbrian Coast Line.
- The Wind in the Willows is a classic of children's literature by Kenneth Grahame, first published in 1908. Alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a pastoral version of England. ...
- Similar to a rat; ratlike; Infested with rats; In poor condition or repair; worn out; battered; tattered; torn; Irritable, annoyed
- Adj. Irritable. {Informal}
