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- Dictionaryscatty/ˈskati/
adjective
- 1. absent-minded and disorganized: informal British "Julia sees herself as vaguely uneducated and slightly scatty"
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silly and often forgetting things: a scatty child. scatty behaviour. Synonyms. absent (NOT PAYING ATTENTION) absent-minded. abstracted formal. forgetful. scatterbrained informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Forgetting and forgetfulness. absent-mindedly. absent-mindedness. amnesiac. anterograde. blot. bury. erase. featherbrained.
If you describe someone as scatty, you mean that they often forget things or behave in a silly way. [ British , informal ] Her mother is scatty and absent-minded.
scatty. adjective. scat· ty ˈska-tē. scattier; scattiest. Synonyms of scatty. 1. chiefly British, informal : eccentric, odd. As in Watson's fiction generally, the tone fluctuates from the agreeably scatty to the tiresomely manic. Colin Greenland. 2. chiefly British, informal : scatterbrained.
adjective. /ˈskæti/ (comparative scattier, superlative scattiest) (British English, informal) tending to forget things and behave in a slightly silly way. My mother is a bit scatty I’m afraid. Word Origin. Want to learn more?
Scatty definition: scatterbrained. . See examples of SCATTY used in a sentence.
Scatty is a British slang word for scatterbrained, flighty, or absent-minded. Find out the origin, usage, and translations of scatty in this online dictionary.
Scatty Sentence Examples. She could be quite scatty, but her brain was extraordinary. But Woozle is so scatty and absent minded he forgets to put a vital ingredient into the spell, with disastrous results. Thought to have become Arthur's steward, definitely a hero in battle, a humorous is slightly scatty character.
