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scratty

UK/ˈskɹati/

scratty adjective: thin, meagre; unkempt.

Adjective

scratty (comparative more scratty, superlative most scratty)

  1. (UK, colloquial) Thin, meagre; unkempt.
    • Odd that her head, so small now with the scratty cap of hair, was still heavy enough to dent the pillow down.1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus, published 2014, page 87
    • Her charm was in the toss of her head as she climbed the scratty trees that lined the River Rundle.2004, David Nobbs, Sex and Other Changes, page 2

Forms of scratty

comparativemore scratty
superlativemost scratty

Words that rhyme with scratty

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Questions about scratty

What does scratty mean?
Scratty means thin, meagre; unkempt.
What part of speech is scratty?
Scratty is an adjective.
How do you pronounce scratty?
Scratty is pronounced /ˈskɹati/ (UK).

Words near scratty in the dictionary

  1. scratting
  2. scrattle
  3. scrattled
  4. scrattles
  5. scrattling
  6. scratty
  7. scratweed
  8. scraugh
  9. scraughs
  10. scraught
  11. scraunch

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