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scatty |
Overview of adj scatty The adj scatty has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. rattlebrained, rattlepated, scatterbrained, scatty -- (lacking sense or discretion; "his rattlebrained crackpot ideas"; "how rattlepated I am! I've forgotten what I came for"- Glenway Westcott) 2. absent, absentminded, abstracted, scatty -- (lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professer"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence") Antonyms of adj scatty 2 senses of scatty Sense 1 rattlebrained, rattlepated, scatterbrained, scatty INDIRECT (VIA foolish) -> wise Sense 2 absent, absentminded, abstracted, scatty INDIRECT (VIA inattentive) -> attentive Similarity of adj scatty 2 senses of scatty Sense 1 rattlebrained, rattlepated, scatterbrained, scatty => foolish (vs. wise) Sense 2 absent, absentminded, abstracted, scatty => inattentive (vs. attentive) Attributes of adj scatty Familiarity of adj scatty scatty used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj scatty scatty Overview of adj scatty The adj scatty has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. rattlebrained, rattlepated, scatterbrained, scatty -- (lacking sense or discretion; "his rattlebrained crackpot ideas"; "how rattlepated I am! I've forgotten what I came for"- Glenway Westcott) 2. absent, absentminded, abstracted, scatty -- (lost in thought; showing preoccupation; "an absent stare"; "an absentminded professer"; "the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence")
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