Tatty

//ˈtæti//

Synonyms for "tatty" (55 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (11)

base cheesy common dowdy down at the heel down-at-heel down-at-the-heels

Adjective(3 words)

brassy cheap flash

Adjective(1 words)

crappy

Strong matches (17)

Adjective(7 words)

flashy garish gaudy gimcrack loud meretricious moth-eaten

frayed frazzled full of holes gimcrack holey in rags in shreds in tatters mean moth eaten

Related words (27)

ornery paltry patchy poor ragged raggedy ratty rubbishy scruffy seedy shabby shoddy sleazy tacky tattered threadbare torn trashy worn

Adjective(1 words)

ratty

Adjective(5 words)

ratty shabby tacky tawdry trashy

Noun(2 words)

spud tater

Related word relations

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6 relation types

Synonyms

1 entries

gimcrack

Related terms

11 entries

tat tati tatie tatt tattee tatterdemalionism tatteredness tatti tattie tattiness tatty bye

derived from

1 entries

tatter

has context

5 entries

geordie india northern england scotland slang

related to

16 entries

air cool dilapidated distressed door mat moisten potato screen tattered tatty bye torn wet window worn out woven

similar

3 entries

tasteless worn

Translations

11 translations across 4 languages.

Bulgarian

2 entries

дрипав adj (ragged, worn out, torn)
опърпан adj (ragged, worn out, torn)

Czech

2 entries

omšelý adj (ragged, worn out, torn)
ošuntělý adj (ragged, worn out, torn)

Māori

4 entries

kanukanu adj (ragged, worn out, torn)
karukaru adj (ragged, worn out, torn)
kuha adj (ragged, worn out, torn)
petapeta adj (ragged, worn out, torn)

Romanian

1 entries

ponosit adj (ragged, worn out, torn)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The backpack looks a bit tatty now, but is still fully functional.

Source: tatoeba (8310283)

Tom's still got his tatty childhood teddy somewhere in the attic.

Source: tatoeba (13388723)

I'm buying fucking tatties.

Source: wiktionary

The tramp wore a tatty old overcoat.

Source: wiktionary

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