Brattier vs Rattier - What's the difference?
brattier | rattier |
(bratty)
Characteristic of a brat; unruly and impolite
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(ratty)
Similar to a rat; ratlike.
Infested with rats.
(colloquial) In poor condition or repair; worn out; battered; tattered; torn.
* 2000 , (George RR Martin), A Storm of Swords , Bantam 2011, p. 535:
* 2006 , Clive James, North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, p. 80:
(UK, colloquial) Irritable, annoyed.
As adjectives the difference between brattier and rattier
is that brattier is (bratty) while rattier is (ratty).brattier
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(en-adj)citation, page= , passage=When Laura tells Bart that she can teach him to dance, Bart and Laura are suddenly transformed into Astaire and Rogers in a black-and-white fantasy sequence before Bart’s reverie is abruptly ended when Laura reverts back to bratty tomboy form and gives him a wedgie.}}
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*ratty
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(er)- The Marcher lord was still clad in his ratty black cloak and dented breastplate with its chipped enamel lightning.
- I was having exactly that thought on a ratty mock-leather couch in Islington.