ratty

rat·ty  (rt)

adj. rat·ti·er, rat·ti·est

1. Of or characteristic of rats.

2. Infested with rats.

3. Dilapidated; shabby.

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ratty

Adjective

[-tier, -tiest]

1. Informal cross and irritable

2. Informal (of the hair) straggly and greasy

rattily adv
rattiness n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	ratty - of or characteristic of rats
	2.	ratty - showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains" moth-eaten, shabby, tatty worn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"
	3.	ratty - dirty and infested with rats dirty, soiled, unclean - soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"

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ratty

adjective irritable, cross, angry, annoyed, crabbed, impatient, snappy, touchy, tetchy, testy, short-tempered, tooshie Austral. (slang)

Translations

ratty [ˈrætɪ] adj (col) → furioso;

to get ratty → mosquearse

ratty [ˈrætɪ] adj (inf) → en rogne

ratty [ˈrætɪ] (inf) adj → gereizt

ratty [ˈrætɪ] adj (col) → incavolato/a