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tat·ty

(tăt′ē)

adj. tat·ti·er, tat·ti·est

Somewhat worn, shabby, or dilapidated.

[Probably from tat, a rag, shabby person.]

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tatty

(ˈtætɪ)

adj, -tier or -tiest

chiefly Brit worn out, shabby, tawdry, or unkempt

[C16: of Scottish origin, probably related to Old English tættec a tatter]

ˈtattily adv

ˈtattiness n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

tat•ty

(ˈtæt i)

adj. -ti•er, -ti•est.

shabby or ill-kempt; ragged.

[1505–15; tat rag + -y¹]

tat′ti•ly, adv.

tat′ti•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	tatty - showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains" moth-eaten, shabby, ratty worn - affected by wear; damaged by long use; "worn threads on the screw"; "a worn suit"; "the worn pockets on the jacket"
	2.	tatty - tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, tawdry, trashy, brassy, cheap, loud, meretricious, tacky tasteless - lacking aesthetic or social taste

tatty

adjective (Chiefly Brit.) shabby, seedy, scruffy, worn, poor, neglected, ragged, run-down, frayed, worn out, dilapidated, tattered, tawdry, threadbare, rumpled, bedraggled, unkempt, down at heel, the worse for wear, having seen better days A lot of the houses in the street were very tatty.
new, good, smart, well-preserved

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tatty

adjective

Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect:

bedraggled, broken-down, decaying, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, down-at-heel, faded, mangy, rundown, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tattered, threadbare.

Informal: tacky.

Slang: ratty.

Idioms: all the worse for wear, gone to pot, past cure.

Translations

قَذِر ومُهَلْهَل

chatrný

nusset

lumpig

miteux

tuskulegur

trasandato

apskuręs

noplucisnošņurcis

bakımsızpejmürde

破旧的衣衫褴褛的

tatty

[ˈtætɪ] ADJ (tattier (compar) (tattiest (superl))) (= shabby) [clothes] → raído, deshilachado; [furniture] → estropeado

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

tatty

[ˈtæti] adj (British) [clothes, shoes, curtains, book, furniture, office, house, hotel] → défraîchi(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

tatty

adj (+er) (esp Brit inf) → schmuddelig; clothes → schäbig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

tatty

[ˈtætɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (Brit) (fam) (shabby) → malandato/a, malridotto/a; (paint) → scrostato/a

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

tatty

(ˈtӕti) adjective

shabby and untidy. tatty clothes.

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Now, Harriet we changed into Hattey, and then into Tatty, because, as practical people, we thought even a playful name might be a new thing to her, and might have a softening and affectionate kind of effect, don't you see?

At one time she was Tatty, and at one time she was Coram, until we got into a way of mixing the two names together, and now she is always Tattycoram.'

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As a result my 'medicine drawer' contains about three slightly tatty plasters, some aspirin which I am not sure when I bought, and some bandages.

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QI have a very tatty UK first issue of The X-Men comic from 1963.

What's it worth? On Antiques & Collectables

While her husband is away at sea on a naval destroyer, Mrs Walker (Kelly Macdonald) spirits her children - John, Susan, Tatty and Roger - away for a summer break in the Lake District.

WATCH IT

Tatty Bye, Squire IT'S not a day for the Diddy Men to weep, Doddy's only in heaven having a sleep, The Squire's having a rest by God's side, Making the Angels laugh until they cried, But something does feel missing from L14, A light gone out, a blank stage and screen, Now the Liverpool streets, thousands line, As the two horses trot slowly in perfect time, The early rain and the hail it couldn't deter, The people of Knotty Ash standing there, The gift of laughter Doddy has left behind , We'll laugh forever as he was one of a kind, So today all you Diddy men, no need to cry, Just think 'HAPPINESS' and smile tatty bye!

Your Poem

If you dread coming home to peeling wallpaper, tatty curtains and clutter on the stairs, maybe you should make some changes.

Simple tweaks can spruce up your home

She added: "I have never seen such tatty lionsand half a dozen or so Chinese lanterns."

Year of the lame duck; Palace's 'awful' Chinese New Year bash

Iain had travelled from his home Down Under to pay tribute to his dad, Don, who died earlier this year and was a regular at the hill climb in his bright purple "Tatty Turner".

A Turner of pace.. Iain flies from Oz to race in memory of his late father MOTORSPORT

Identical twins and musical prodigies Sonja and Charlotte live with their adoptive mother, Tatty, the tattooed lady, in the circus outside Rain City's walls.

Malouf, Juman. The Trilogy of Two

"Tatty, The Lonely Monarch" is a courageous story about a small Monarch butterfly with a tattered wing who falls behind the other Monarch butterflies during a winter migration flight to Mexico.

Tatty, The Lonely Monarch

Riyadh, Safar 1, 1435, Dec 4, 2013, SPA -- Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs received at his office at the Foreign Ministry's headquarters here today, Director General of bilateral and European relations at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Slovenia Tatty Roble and the accompanying delegation, currently on a visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Deputy Foreign Minister Receives Slovenian Official

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