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ratty
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ratty, adj. (rattier, rattiest)
1 relating to or infested with rats.
2 colloq. irritable or angry.
3 colloq. wretched, nasty.
1 relating to or infested with rats.
2 colloq. irritable or angry.
3 colloq. wretched, nasty.
Derivative
rattily adv. rattiness n.
THESAURUS
ratty
angry, annoyed, beset, choleric, crabbed, cranky, cross, dirty, disagreeable, dowdy, down-at-heel, down-at-the-heels, frayed, frazzled, full of holes, greasy, grubby, holey, impatient, in rags, in shreds, in tatters, infested, irritable, irritated, lousy, matted, mouselike, mousy, patchy, pedicular, pediculous, peppery, plagued, ragged, raggedy, ravaged, rodent, rodential, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, short-tempered, straggly, tacky, tattered, tatty, teeming, testy, tetchy, torn, touchy, unkempt, verminous, wormyFor further exploring for "ratty" in Webster Dictionary Online