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    ratty
    /ˈrati/

    adjective

    • 1. resembling or characteristic of a rat: "his ratty eyes glittered"
    • 2. bad-tempered and irritable: informal British "I was a bit ratty with the children"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishRATTY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    adjective. informal uk / ˈræt.i / us / ˈræt̬.i / ratty adjective (ANNOYED) Add to word list. feeling annoyed: She was a bit ratty with me this morning. Synonym. irritable. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Bad-tempered. argumentative. bad-tempered. be hell on wheels idiom. be like a bear with a sore head idiom.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › rattyRatty Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    : infested with rats. b. : of, relating to, or suggestive of a rat. 2. : shabby, unkempt. a ratty brown overcoat John Lardner. 3. a. : despicable, treacherous. b. : irritable. feeling ratty as hell Richard Bissell. Synonyms. beat-up. bombed-out. dilapidated. dog-eared. down-at-the-heels.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryRATTY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    adjective. informal us / ˈræt̬.i / uk / ˈræt.i / ratty adjective (ANNOYED) Add to word list. feeling annoyed: She was a bit ratty with me this morning. Synonym. irritable. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Bad-tempered. argumentative. bad-tempered. be hell on wheels idiom. be like a bear with a sore head idiom.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › rattyRATTY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    adjective. , rat·ti·er, rat·ti·est. full of rats. of or characteristic of a rat. wretched; shabby: a ratty, old overcoat. Slang. irritable or angry; bad-tempered; nasty: I always feel ratty when I wake up. ratty. / ˈrætɪ / adjective. informal. irritable; annoyed. informal. (of the hair) unkempt or greasy. slang. shabby; dilapidated. slang. angry.

  6. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › rattyRatty - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Things that remind you of a rat are ratty, and so are things that are generally worn and shabby. Your sister's pet ferret might make you jump when it peers out from behind the ratty old sofa with its ratty little eyes.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishRATTY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    If someone is ratty, they get angry and irritated easily. [ British , informal ] I had spent too many hours there and was beginning to get a bit ratty and fed up.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › rattyRatty - definition of ratty by The Free Dictionary

    1. informal Brit and NZ irritable; annoyed. 2. informal (of the hair) unkempt or greasy. 3. slang US and Canadian shabby; dilapidated. 4. slang. a. angry. b. mad. 5. of, like, or full of rats. ˈrattily adv. ˈrattiness n.