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- [rat-ee]
- /ˈræt i/
- /ˈræt.i/
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- [rat-ee]
- /ˈræt i/
Definitions of ratty word
- adjective ratty full of rats. 1
- adjective ratty of or characteristic of a rat. 1
- adjective ratty wretched; shabby: a ratty, old overcoat. 1
- adjective ratty Slang. irritable or angry; bad-tempered; nasty: I always feel ratty when I wake up. 1
- adjective ratty scruffy, shabby 1
- adjective ratty bad tempered 1
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Origin of ratty
First appearance:
before 1860 One of the 29% newest English words
First recorded in 1860-65; rat + -y1
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Parts of speech for Ratty
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ratty popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
ratty usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ratty
adj ratty
- bearish — On the stock market, if there is a bearish mood, prices are expected to fall. Compare bullish.
- beat-up — Informal. dilapidated; in poor condition from use: a beat-up old jalopy.
- catchpenny — designed to have instant appeal, esp in order to sell quickly and easily without regard for quality
- cheap — Goods or services that are cheap cost less money than usual or than you expected.
- cranky — If you describe ideas or ways of behaving as cranky, you disapprove of them because you think they are strange.
adjective ratty
- cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
- curer — A healer.
- junky — of the nature of junk; trashy.
- wormy — containing a worm or worms; contaminated with worms.
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