matty
- adjective
:
desordenado
- After the children finished playing, the room looked especially matty with toys and clothes strewn everywhere.
Examples
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Her hair looked matty after the wind blew through it.
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The desk became matty after a week of ignoring the paperwork.
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After the children finished playing, the room looked especially matty with toys everywhere.
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His hair was always matty in the mornings before he brushed it.
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This room is matty.
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His hair was always matty in the mornings, with tangles that needed brushing.
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The desk became matty after a week filled with unopened letters and scattered papers.
Synonyms
233
1.0
Not tidy or clean, with things in the wrong place
155
2.0
Untidy and done without care
28
6.5
Worn and dirty, in bad condition
23
4.6
Dark and dirty so it does not look bright
23
3.8
Messy and untidy in clothes or appearance
21
6.1
Having messy hair, clothes, or things around them
13
5.1
Not neat in appearance, often with messy hair or clothes
12
4.0
Something that looks worn, torn, and messy
11
1.0
Not neat, with things like papers or clothes left around
9
6.0
Thin and untidy in appearance, often with rough, uneven ends
5
6.9
Being messy and dirty in the way a person looks or acts
4
7.0
Dirty and untidy, often wet after being in rain or mud
1
5.1
Not neat or tidy in appearance
1
5.3
Tangled into a thick mass, like hair, fur, or leaves
1
7.4
Messy and untidy in how a person or place looks
1
7.7
Dirty and untidy in appearance
1
6.1
A thing not neatly kept or cut that looks natural
Dirty and messy, with things in the wrong places
Shaggy and dirty, with clumps of dried mud or hair stuck to it
Thick, messy hair or fur that looks like a mop
Messy and jumbled so people cannot understand it
Antonyms
How Messy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word matty also comes from the idea of a mat, a thick mass of hair or threads that get stuck together, like 'matted' hair. So matty can mean 'messy' or 'tangled' when we talk about hair, fur, or a cluttered room.