Bad and Ratty

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Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.

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Ratty and bad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ratty" instead an adjective "Bad".

Nearby Words: badly, badness

Ratty adjective - Showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect.

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Bad and ratty are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Ratty".

Nearby Words: ratted, ratter

The men of the Derbyshire Light Infantry's "precision display of bad temper".My goodness me, I am in a bad temper today all right, two, three, damn, damn, two, three, I am vexed and ratty!

Source: Series / Monty Python's Flying Circus
Mole does this, after he and Ratty get scared by Bogus popping a balloon with a needle in the second act of the episode "Bad Luck Bogus".

Source: Surprise Jump
Bogus does this to Ratty and Mole with a balloon in the episode "Bad Luck Bogus", while they were preparing a potion to use on him.

Source: Paper Bag Popping

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