[syn: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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,
tatty]
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, tatty,
tawdry, trashy]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
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