ratty

The word “ratty” has 2 syllables: rat-ty

It's pronounced as /ˈræti/


What is synonym and antonym for ratty?

In the thesaurus, “ratty” has 193 synonyms and 67 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for ratty along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for ratty

Antonyms for ratty

  • admirable
  • affable
  • agreeable
  • amiable
  • brand-new
  • cared-for
  • carefree
  • commendable
  • companionable
  • cordial
  • creditable
  • easygoing
  • ethical
  • extraverted
  • extroverted
  • forbearing
  • fresh
  • friendly
  • genial
  • good
  • good-natured
  • good-tempered
  • gregarious
  • happy-go-lucky
  • high-minded
  • honest
  • honorable
  • kept-up
  • laudable
  • long-suffering
  • maintained
  • mended
  • meritorious
  • moral
  • new
  • noble
  • obliging
  • outgoing
  • patched
  • patient
  • praiseworthy
  • principled
  • rebuilt
  • reconstructed
  • redoubtable
  • relaxed
  • reputable
  • right
  • right-minded
  • righteous
  • scrupulous
  • smart
  • sociable
  • spic-and-span
  • spick-and-span
  • spiffy
  • spruce
  • stoic
  • stoical
  • sweet
  • tolerant
  • uncomplaining
  • understanding
  • unused
  • upright
  • virtuous
  • well-disposed

Meanings of ratty

  • adjective
    1. Similar to a rat; ratlike.
    2. Infested with rats.
    3. In poor condition or repair.
    4. Irritable, annoyed, bad-tempered.

Example Sentences

  • The old coat looked ratty, but it kept him warm during the winter.
  • She complained about the ratty condition of the furniture in the hotel room.
  • His ratty hair was unkempt after a long day of work.
  • The ratty blanket had holes in it from years of use.
  • He finally threw out the ratty shoes that were falling apart.

On this page you'll find 260 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to ratty, such as: abandoned, abhorrent, abominable, admirable, affable, agreeable, amiable.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

lacerate

sagging

  • abating
  • abject
  • ailing
  • all torn up
  • atrabilious
  • beat-up
  • bedraggled
  • bent
  • biconcave
  • billowing
  • black
  • bleak
  • blob
  • bottomward
  • bowed
  • bowing
  • breaking down
  • broody
  • bulging
  • bummed out
  • bump
  • bunch
  • bunching
  • burst
  • cascading
  • cast down
  • cheerless
  • clouded
  • collapsing
  • contracted
  • contracting
  • convexity
  • crestfallen
  • crummy
  • crumpling
  • cupped
  • dampened
  • dangling
  • dashed
  • de-escalating
  • decaying
  • declined
  • declining
  • decreasing
  • decrepit
  • degenerating
  • dented
  • depreciating
  • depressed
  • descendant
  • descendent
  • descending
  • despondent
  • deteriorating
  • dilation
  • diminishing
  • dimpled
  • dingy
  • dipped
  • dipping
  • disconsolate
  • discouraged
  • disheartened
  • dismal
  • dispirited
  • distention
  • dog-eared
  • doleful
  • down
  • down in the dumps
  • down in the mouth
  • down-at-the-heel
  • downcast
  • downgrade
  • downhearted
  • downhill
  • downward
  • dragged
  • drained
  • drooping
  • droopy
  • dropping
  • dwindling
  • dying down
  • earthward
  • ebbing
  • emaciating
  • empty
  • enervated
  • excavated
  • excess
  • excrescence
  • exhausted
  • faded
  • fading
  • fading away
  • failing
  • falling
  • fatigued
  • flabby
  • flaccid
  • flagging
  • flexuous
  • floppy
  • frowzy
  • gibbosity
  • gloomy
  • glum
  • going
  • gone to seed
  • gravitating
  • groundward
  • growth
  • grubby
  • hanging
  • heavy-hearted
  • hollow
  • hollowed
  • hump
  • hung
  • hurting
  • ill-fitting
  • in a bad way
  • in the pits
  • inclining
  • incurvate
  • incurvated
  • incurved
  • indented
  • inferior
  • intumescence
  • irresilient
  • jut
  • kaput
  • lagging
  • languid
  • languishing
  • languorous
  • lassitudinous
  • lax
  • leaden
  • lessening
  • lethargic
  • letting up
  • lightening
  • limp
  • listless
  • lolling
  • loose
  • losing momentum
  • low
  • low-spirited
  • lowering
  • lump
  • mangy
  • melancholy
  • messy
  • miserable
  • moderating
  • moody
  • mopey
  • mopish
  • morose
  • narrowing
  • neglected
  • nether
  • nodding
  • nodulation
  • nodule
  • old
  • out of condition
  • out of shape
  • outgrowth
  • outthrust
  • overgrown
  • oversize
  • pendant
  • pendent
  • pendulous
  • plummeting
  • plunging
  • poor
  • poorly
  • pouch
  • precipitating
  • projection
  • prominence
  • promontory
  • protrusion
  • protuberance
  • punctured
  • quieting
  • ragged
  • ratty
  • receding
  • relaxed
  • relenting
  • roomy
  • rotting
  • round
  • rounded
  • running down
  • rusty
  • sac
  • sad
  • saggy
  • salience
  • scooped
  • scruffy
  • shabby
  • shapeless
  • shot down
  • shrinking
  • shriveling up
  • shrunken
  • sickly
  • sinking
  • slack
  • slackening
  • slacking
  • sleazy
  • sliding
  • slipping
  • sloppy
  • slouching
  • slouchy
  • slovenly
  • slowing
  • slumping
  • soft
  • softening
  • spiritless
  • squalid
  • stooped
  • stooping
  • subjacent
  • subsiding
  • sunken
  • superfluity
  • suspended
  • swagging
  • swelling
  • tacky
  • tapering
  • tapering off
  • tattered
  • tender
  • threadbare
  • tired
  • tiring
  • to the bottom
  • toneless
  • torn
  • tuberosity
  • tumefaction
  • tumor
  • under
  • underneath
  • unfit
  • unkempt
  • unshapely
  • untidy
  • unwell
  • used-up
  • waning
  • wart
  • wasting
  • weak
  • weakening
  • wearing down
  • wearing off
  • wearing out
  • weeping
  • wilted
  • wilting
  • withering
  • woebegone
  • worn
  • wretched
  • yielding

tacky

lame

nasty


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