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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