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Synonyms for ratty


Grammar : Adj
Spell : rat-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræt i



Définition of ratty

Origin :
  • 1856, "resembling a rat;" 1865, "full of rats;" 1867, "wretched, miserable, shabby," from rat (n.) + -y (2).
  • adj shabby
Example sentences :
  • He may look kind of—of ratty, but all the same he's got rich relations.
  • Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • I'm frightfully hungry, and I've got any amount to say to Ratty here.
  • Extract from : « The Wind in the Willows » by Kenneth Grahame
  • "You really needn't fret, Ratty," added the Badger placidly.
  • Extract from : « The Wind in the Willows » by Kenneth Grahame
  • At last a feeble voice replied, 'Thank you so much, dear Ratty!
  • Extract from : « The Wind in the Willows » by Kenneth Grahame
  • The Badger laughed good-humouredly and said, 'All right, Ratty!
  • Extract from : « The Wind in the Willows » by Kenneth Grahame
  • Dare say he'd be ratty, but then, think of how he's helping.
  • Extract from : « King of Ranleigh » by F. S. (Frederick Sadlier) Brereton
  • Muskrats I had no sympathy for, they looked so ratty, and had so unpleasant a smell.
  • Extract from : « Riverby » by John Burroughs
  • But, then, Dallam was a ratty soul and was for deserting a sinking ship.
  • Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes
  • Of course I know that you're ratty at my talking about it at all, although you pretend not to be.
  • Extract from : « The Hall and the Grange » by Archibald Marshall
  • The Bar-T punchers might be rather rough with a fellow like Ratty.
  • Extract from : « Frances of the Ranges » by Amy Bell Marlowe

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