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Synonyms for ratty

  • adjective

Most common

annoyed irritated cranky crabby worn-out tatty rattish ratlike

Synonyms by meaning

Adjective

1. Cranky — annoyed, bad-tempered, irritable

cranky, crabby, angry, annoyed, tetchy UK US IE, irritated, irritable, testy, short-tempered, sore, touchy, choleric, cantankerous, peevish, petulant, fretful, irascible, splenetic

2. Tatty — in poor condition or repair

tatty, worn-out, tattered, torn, battered

3. Shabby

shabby, moth-eaten

Other

dirty, rattish, ratlike

Antonyms

imperturbable

All antonyms of ratty →

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    In poor condition or repair.

  2. adj. 2

    Annoyed, bad-tempered, irritable.

  3. adj. 3

    Resembling or characteristic of a rat; ratlike.

Related words

Word family
rattily

Example sentences

  • annoyed She was annoyed because she had been kept waiting.
  • irritated Mary is easily irritated, and often flips her lid.
  • cranky Tom is going to be very cranky if Mary does that.
  • crabby Tom has been really crabby today.
  • tatty Tom's still got his tatty childhood teddy somewhere in the attic.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
rattyrising
annoyedrising
irritatedrising
crankyrising
crabbyrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
torn1, sore1
5 letters
angry2, dirty2, testy2, tatty2
6 letters
shabby2, cranky2, touchy2, crabby2, tetchy
7 letters
annoyed2, fretful2, peevish2, rattish, ratlike
8 letters
battered2, tattered2, petulant3, choleric3
9 letters
irritated4, irritable4, irascible4, splenetic
12 letters
cantankerous4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (angry2 = 2 syllables).