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Tattiest vs Rattiest - What's the difference?

tattiest | rattiest |

As adjectives the difference between tattiest and rattiest

is that tattiest is (tatty) while rattiest is (ratty).

tattiest

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (tatty)

    • tatty

    English

    Noun

    (tatties)
  • (Northern England, Geordie, slang) potato

    • Adjective

    (er)
  • Dilapidated, distressed, worn-out, torn
    • The tramp wore a tatty old overcoat.

    See also

    * tatty bye ----

    rattiest

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (ratty)

    • Anagrams

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    ratty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • 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:
    • The Marcher lord was still clad in his ratty black cloak and dented breastplate with its chipped enamel lightning.
  • * 2006 , Clive James, North Face of Soho , Picador 2007, p. 80:
    • I was having exactly that thought on a ratty mock-leather couch in Islington.
  • (UK, colloquial) Irritable, annoyed.

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