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Synonyms & Antonyms of ratty
1
showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect
- some ratty old magazines were the only reading material in the mountaintop cabin
Synonyms for ratty
- beat-up,
- bombed-out,
- dilapidated,
- dog-eared,
- down-at-the-heels
- (or down-at-heel also down-at-the-heel or down-at-heels),
- dumpy,
- grungy,
- mangy,
- mean,
- miserable,
- moth-eaten,
- neglected,
- run-down,
- scrubby,
- scruffy,
- seedy,
- shabby,
- sleazy,
- tacky,
- tatterdemalion,
- tatty,
- threadbare,
- timeworn,
- tumbledown
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2
worn or torn into or as if into rags
- can I use this ratty old T-shirt to wipe up some paint?
Synonyms for ratty
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- broken-down,
- decrepit,
- dilapidated,
- dog-eared,
- grungy,
- mangy,
- moth-eaten,
- run-down,
- scuzzy
- [slang],
- tacky
Near Antonyms for ratty
- brand-new,
- new,
- spick-and-span
- (or spic-and-span),
- unused
3
easily irritated or annoyed
- I get pretty ratty after hours of dealing with demanding customers
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- bearish,
- bilious,
- cantankerous,
- cross-grained,
- curmudgeonly,
- disagreeable,
- dyspeptic,
- ill-humored,
- ill-natured,
- ill-tempered,
- off-color
- (or off-colored),
- ornery,
- querulous,
- snarly,
- surly
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Near Antonyms for ratty
- affable,
- companionable,
- cordial,
- extroverted
- (also extraverted),
- friendly,
- genial,
- gregarious,
- outgoing,
- sociable
4
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
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The first known use of ratty was in 1865
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