ratty
Speech parts
1. ratty - Noun
2. ratty - Adjective
3. ratty - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
showing signs of wear and tear
dirty and infested with rats
of or characteristic of rats
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My sister, with her ratty red-highlighted hair and her linen pajamas and her combat boots-how could she possibly worry about being possessed by a goddess? What goddess would want her, except the goddess of chewing gum?
I used to sleep in the T-shirt I wore during the day and whatever ratty old gym shorts I could find on the floor. But one year for Christmas, someone gave me a very chic, comfortable pair of pajamas from Brooks Brothers, and I realized the error of my ways.
a ratty old overcoat
shabby furniture
an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains
Dressed in her usual uniform of tattered t-shirt, ratty jeans and disreputable sneakers, blond hair wreathed her face in sweaty tendrils except for the part in the back that always sticks up.