Meaning

5 senses

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a rat; ratlike.

    of or characteristic of rats

  2. Infested with rats.

    dirty and infested with rats

  3. (figuratively, informal)In poor condition or repair.

  4. (Australia, figuratively, informal)Crazy, mad; ridiculous; slightly strange, eccentric; also (followed by about, on, or over), attracted to, infatuated with.

  5. (figuratively, informal)Annoyed, bad-tempered, irritable.

    крыси́ныйkrysínyj

Examples

2 sentences

  1. I felt out of place with my ratty pants and wrinkled shirt.

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  2. The communications were ratty though because the shuttle is being obscured by the station.

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Translations

1 languages
Русский
similar to a rat — see also ratlike:

Origin

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

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

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Forms

rattier, rattiest
Comparativerattier Lesson
Superlativerattiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

99 synonyms
batteredC1annoyedB1angryA1botheredB2frustratedB1irritatedB2soreB1tiredA1bad-temperedB2fractiousC2temperamentalC1tetchyC2rattishtattered
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relatedrat
Derivedrattilyrattiness

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ratsrattleB2rattlesnakeraucousravageB2rave
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