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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.
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.
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.
adjective. /ˈskæti/ (comparative scattier, superlative scattiest) (British English, informal) tending to forget things and behave in a slightly silly way. My best friend is a bit scatty I’m afraid. Word Origin early 20th cent.: abbreviation of scatterbrained (see scatterbrain). Definitions on the go.
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 definition: scatterbrained. . See examples of SCATTY used in a sentence.
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.
