1 (BrE, informal) becoming angry very easily
SYNGRUMPY, IRRITABLE:
He gets ratty if he doesn't get enough sleep.
2 (AmE, informal) in bad condition
SYNSHABBY:
long ratty hair * a ratty old pair of jeans
3 looking like a rat:
a ratty-looking man
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for ratty is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is ratty a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, ratty is tagged as adjective.
Does ratty appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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