ratty

(Engels)

Adj

1. Resembling or characteristic of a rat; ratlike.
2. Infested with rats.
3. (figuratively, informal) In poor condition or repair.
4. (Australia, figuratively, informal) Crazy, mad; ridiculous; slightly strange, eccentric; also (followed by about, on, or over), attracted to, infatuated with.
5. (figuratively, informal) Annoyed, bad-tempered, irritable.

Noun

Synonym of knock down ginger (“prank of knocking on a front door and running away”).

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɹæti/

Etymologie (Engels)

From rat + -y (suffix meaning ‘having the quality of’ forming adjective).

Concepten

snibbig

Synoniemen

shabby

moth-eaten

grumpy

tatty

cheap

coarse

common

crabby

cranky

discontented

hangdog

ignoble

infested

lewd

low

lowbred

lowdown

low-minded

mean

miserable

mousey

mousy

nasty

ornery

pettish

raffish

rat

🐀

scruffy

scurrilous

scurvy

seedy

shoddy

sly

sordid

vile

vulgar

wretched

bad-tempered

ratlike

bitchy

buffeted

caddish