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Meanings of
ratty
in English
Showing signs of wear and tear.
shabby
tatty
moth-eaten
Related terms
worn
Rodent.
rodent
gnawer
Related terms
gnawing animal
Synonyms
Examples for "
shabby
"
shabby
tatty
moth-eaten
Examples for "
shabby
"
1
The violence has overwhelmed the
shabby
,
low-rise city and destroyed its economy.
2
The top picture shows a
shabby
town square in rural southern France.
3
This far south-west, the trees are still wearing their
shabby
summer leaves.
4
Musharraf, Khan argued, had begun yet another
shabby
chapter in Pakistan's history.
5
Her little feet in the
shabby
,
worn-out shoes scarcely touched the floor.
1
The
tatty
shop was just down the road from where we played.
2
There's just something funny and likable about your average, everyday,
tatty
pigeon.
3
His
tatty
shoes were falling apart, and he only had shorts on.
4
Gradually the tavern did not seem
tatty
and rude, but excitingly wicked.
5
But beneath this
tatty
comfort blanket, there are two starkly naked truths.
1
Teolin sat down wrapped in his
moth
-
eaten
bearskin and set to work.
2
Sean stepped up to the window and pulled the
moth
-
eaten
curtains back.
3
I picked you up because of your
moth
-
eaten
morals, I dare say.
4
Everything I came up with was too
moth
-
eaten
for even me to believe.
5
A gold locket, shaped like a hardcover book, hung outside her
moth
-
eaten
turtleneck.
Ratty.
Related terms
dirty
soiled
unclean
Usage of
ratty
in English
1
You need to do better than a
ratty
T-shirt and a ponytail.
2
Save for the
ratty
beard, he looked more Christian quarterback then eco-saboteur.
3
It was a
ratty
head of straight black hair, and looked greasy.
4
She bent down to tie the laces of her
ratty
Converse sneakers.
5
But Joey just sat curled up on the
ratty
sofa and cried.
6
Simon figured Aldric's
ratty
outfit alone would make the woman think twice.
7
His only other covering was a loin wrap of
ratty
old cloth.
8
The brothers had put two
ratty
old lawn chairs on the porch.
9
Always the same thin,
ratty
face, shabby, out-of-date clothes, whiny, penetrating voice.
10
That
ratty
pair of underwear in the bottom of your gym bag.
11
He lay on their
ratty
old couch, laptop balanced on his stomach.
12
Hoke's fingers tightened on the burly shoulder inside the
ratty
black suit.
13
It has this really
ratty
sound but in the best way.
14
The hems were
ratty
and the sneakers had seen better days.
15
He watched the house from the cover of a
ratty
hedge.
16
After I had told them everything, we went to see the
ratty
governor.
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ratty
Adjective
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
ratty hair
ratty t-shirt
ratty clothes
ratty fur
ratty jeans
More collocations
Ratty
through the time
Ratty
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common