chiefly British, informal

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of scatty A lot of her frenetic, scatty energy came from Bronte Carmichael, who was the voice performer for Robin. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 21 Jan. 2024 And Eve’s a bit scatty and all over the place, and Villanelle’s so lush and confident. David Kamp, WSJ, 5 Nov. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scatty
Adjective
  • Afterlife movies tend to be amiable in a goofy way, one that ends up tamping down the stakes.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Hope Anne is goofy, affectionate, full of zest, and has so much love to give.
    Trish Stinger, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Mea Culpa is Perry at his most knowingly silly, and a throwback to erotic thrillers of decades past.
    Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Sep. 2025
  • For every community of mass-shooter fandoms, there is another that is silly, joyous, productive, or totally harmless.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Today's talkers Travis Kelce is giddy.
    Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The result is a sturdy uptrend, full valuations, hopeful but not overly giddy investor sentiment and solid credit conditions.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In other words, resistance is futile.
    Mia Sosa, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • If anything, Shock and Awe mostly reminds you how futile living in the madness of a Fake News world can be.
    Will Leitch, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Scatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scatty. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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