ratty

Meaning

Adj

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

Noun

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

Synonyms

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

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scruffy

scurrilous

scurvy

seedy

shoddy

sly

sordid

vile

vulgar

wretched

bad-tempered

ratlike

bitchy

buffeted

caddish

Hyphenated as

rat‧ty

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹæti/

Etymology

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