rat-arsed
rat-arsed · more rat-arsed · most rat-arsed
Synonym of shitfaced, extremely drunkSynonym of shitfaced, extremely drunk.
Meaning
1 senses(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, colloquial, mildly, vulgar)Synonym of shitfaced, extremely drunk.
I got completely rat-arsed last night and ended up tied naked to a lamp post. I'm not going to do that again.
Origin
Further development of pissed as a rat, from the British slang pissed (“drunk”), and drunkFurther development of pissed as a rat, from the British slang pissed (“drunk”), and drunk as a rat, the animal serving as a generic intensifier. Compare similar ratfaced, pissed as a newt, drunk as a skunk, etc.
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Forms
more rat-arsed, most rat-arsed| Comparative | more rat-arsed Lesson |
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| Superlative | most rat-arsed Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsshitfacedextremely drunk
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedratted
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form