I felt out of place with my ratty pants and wrinkled shirt.
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Ratty
//ˈɹæti//
Synonyms for "ratty" (160 found)
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Adjective(27 words)
dyspepticedgyexasperatedfantoddishfieryfractiousfretfulfrustratedgrotchygrouchygrumpyhave it in forhissyhold a grudgehot and botheredhot-liveredhot-temperedhotheadedhuffyhumpy
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Noun(1 words)
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Adjective(3 words)
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Translations
2 translations across 2 languages.
Romanian
1 entries- șobolănos adj (similar to a rat — see also ratlike)
Russian
1 entries- крыси́ный adj (similar to a rat — see also ratlike)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
The communications were ratty though because the shuttle is being obscured by the station.
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We got an old tin lantern, and a butcher knife without any handle, and a bran-new Barlow knife worth two bits in any store, and a lot of tallow candles, and a tin candlestick, and a gourd, and a tin cup, and a ratty old bed-quilt off the bed, […] and just as we were leaving I found a tolerable good curry-comb, and Jim he found a ratty old fiddle-bow, and a wooden leg.
Source: wiktionary
The Marcher lord was still clad in his ratty black cloak and dented breastplate with its chipped enamel lightning.
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