Tatty \Tat"ty\, n.; pl. Tatties. [Hind. [.t]a[.t][.t][imac].]
A mat or screen of fibers, as of the kuskus grass, hung at a
door or window and kept wet to moisten and cool the air as it
enters. [India]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tatty
adj 1: showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat";
"shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows
and tatty curtains" [syn: moth-eaten, ratty, shabby]
2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish
colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a
meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: brassy,
cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack,
loud, meretricious, tacky, tawdry, trashy]
[also: tattiest, tattier]
WordNet (r) 2.0
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "tatty":
base, common, dowdy, down-at-heel, down-at-the-heels, frayed,
frazzled, full of holes, holey, in rags, in shreds, in tatters,
mean, paltry, patchy, poor, ragged, raggedy, ratty, rubbishy,
scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tacky, tattered, torn,
trashy
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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