Synonyms for tatty
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : tat-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæt i |
Top 10 synonyms for tatty
- desolate
- deteriorated
- deteriorating
- dilapidated
- dingy
- disfigured
- disreputable
- dog-eared
- down-at-heel
- faded
- frayed
- gone to seed
- mangy
- meager
- mean
- miserable
- moth-eaten
- neglected
- pitiful
- poor
- pot
- poverty-stricken
- ragged
- ramshackle
- ratty
- rickety
- ruined
- ruinous
- run-down
- rundown
- scrubby
- scruffy
- seedy
- shoddy
- sleazy
- slipshod
- squalid
- tacky
- tattered
- threadbare
- tired
- worn
- worn-out
- worse for wear
- wretched
Définition of tatty
Origin :- 1510s, "tangled or matted" (of hair), Scottish, probably related to Old English tættec "a rag" (see tatter). Sense of "tattered, ragged, shabby" first recorded 1933.
- adj shabby
- Then Tatty sat down and wept, and a three-legged stool said: "Tatty, why do you weep?"
- Extract from : « Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories » by Various
- Then Tatty sat down and wept; then a three-legged stool said: "Tatty, why do you weep?"
- Extract from : « Children's Literature » by Charles Madison Curry
- Titty and Tatty are among the many rhyming compounds of which the meaning is no longer clear.
- Extract from : « Comparative Studies in Nursery Rhymes » by Lina Eckenstein
- "Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse" also ends in a universal calamity which seems to arise from a cause of no great importance.
- Extract from : « English Fairy Tales » by Anonymous
- Titty Mouse gleaned an ear of corn, and Tatty Mouse gleaned an ear of corn.
- Extract from : « English Fairy Tales » by Flora Annie Steel
- But when Titty went to put hers in, the pot tumbled over, and scalded her to death, and Tatty sat down and wept.
- Extract from : « English Fairy Tales » by Flora Annie Steel
- Titty Mouse went a-gleaning, and Tatty Mouse went a-gleaning.
- Extract from : « English Fairy Tales » by Flora Annie Steel
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