Synonyms of ratty

ratty

adjective

ˈra-tē 

1

as in dilapidated

showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect

some ratty old magazines were the only reading material in the mountaintop cabin

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dilapidated
• neglected
• tattered
• tatty
• scruffy
• mangy
• shabby
• miserable
• ragged
• dumpy
• tired
• desolate
• grungy
• scrubby
• abandoned
• tumbledown
• threadbare
• tacky
• seedy
• beat-up
• timeworn
• down-at-heel
• gone to seed
• sleazy
• down-at-the-heels
• dog-eared
• moth-eaten
• broken
• ruined
• run-down
• down-at-the-heel
• down-at-heels
• tatterdemalion
• bombed-out
• damaged
• unkept
• mean
• dingy
• wrecked
• decrepit
• forlorn
• bedraggled
• deteriorated
• rickety
• ramshackle
• destroyed
• decaying
• deteriorating
• broken-down
• worn-out
• godforsaken
• rackety
• injured
• hurt
• impaired
• rattletrap
• harmed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• new
• fresh
• brand-new
• kept-up
• maintained
• reconstructed
• mended
• patched
• spiffy
• rebuilt
• cared-for
• smart
• spruce

2

as in tattered

worn or torn into or as if into rags

can I use this ratty old T-shirt to wipe up some paint?

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tattered
• ragged
• faded
• frayed
• shabby
• raggedy
• seedy
• threadbare
• scruffy
• worn-out
• dingy
• shredded
• dilapidated
• dowdy
• lacerated
• mangy
• patchy
• decrepit
• grungy
• holey
• tacky
• tatterdemalion
• lacerate
• scuzzy
• broken-down
• dog-eared
• moth-eaten
• run-down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unused
• new
• brand-new
• spick-and-span
• spic-and-span

3

as in irritable

easily irritated or annoyed

I get pretty ratty after hours of dealing with demanding customers

Synonyms & Similar Words

• irritable
• fiery
• crotchety
• petulant
• grouchy
• grumpy
• irascible
• peevish
• crabby
• snappish
• raspy
• cross
• stuffy
• waspish
• testy
• out of sorts
• snarky
• out of humor
• pettish
• cranky
• snippy
• choleric
• prickly
• short
• perverse
• passionate
• sensitive
• cantankerous
• ornery
• snarly
• short-tempered
• surly
• snippety
• curmudgeonly
• bilious
• dyspeptic
• querulous
• contentious
• snappy
• disagreeable
• off-colored
• fretful
• quick-tempered
• belligerent
• sullen
• sulky
• pugnacious
• bellicose
• scrappy
• truculent
• argumentative
• combative
• ill-tempered
• pouty
• fractious
• tetchy
• bearish
• off-color
• huffy
• cross-grained
• quarrelsome
• ill-humored
• ill-natured
• disputatious
• touchy
• thin-skinned
• hot-blooded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• friendly
• outgoing
• gregarious
• cordial
• affable
• sweet
• genial
• companionable
• amiable
• extroverted
• sociable
• agreeable
• good-natured
• extraverted
• carefree
• easygoing
• relaxed
• stoic
• good-tempered
• tolerant
• stoical
• patient
• well-disposed
• long-suffering
• uncomplaining
• obliging
• understanding
• happy-go-lucky
• forbearing

4

as in lame

arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust

that's a ratty way to treat an old friend who's fallen on hard times

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lame
• cheap
• pitiful
• dirty
• wretched
• nasty
• mean
• disgusting
• grubby
• hateful
• scabby
• vile
• sorry
• lousy
• deplorable
• cruddy
• contemptible
• pitiable
• sneaking
• despicable
• paltry
• scurvy
• scummy
• shabby
• loathsome
• odious
• abominable
• disreputable
• repulsive
• shameful
• disgraceful
• revolting
• detestable
• squalid
• repugnant
• execrable
• reptilian
• abhorrent
• ignominious
• sordid
• condemnable
• dishonorable
• ignoble
• discreditable
• craven
• base
• cowardly
• reprehensible
• dastardly
• unscrupulous
• unprincipled
• revulsive
• low
• unethical
• reproachable
• censurable
• blamable

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• admirable
• creditable
• meritorious
• laudable
• praiseworthy
• commendable
• upright
• noble
• redoubtable
• reputable
• honorable
• honest
• good
• scrupulous
• right
• moral
• principled
• righteous
• ethical
• virtuous
• high-minded
• right-minded

Examples of ratty in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The images of Chalamet in a ratty getup, carrying a battered guitar case, circulated on social media ahead of the official first-look images that usually come later. —Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 18 Mar. 2024

In Chapter 8, Haring is still making art in a basement studio with ratty floors and actual rats. —Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024

He was celebrated as a visionary with a furry thicket of messy hair and a fondness for ratty T-shirts and cargo shorts as his standard uniform. —Todd Spangler, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023

Bare ass against the inside of a ratty mascot costume worn in the view of a smokin’ hot crush (role originated by Rick Moranis). —Kate Hakala, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023