matty
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8.2
- adjective
- 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
204
1.0
Not tidy or clean, with things in the wrong place
170
2.0
Untidy and done without care
30
6.5
Worn and dirty, in bad condition
24
4.0
Something that looks worn, torn, and messy
23
3.8
Messy and untidy in clothes or appearance
19
6.1
Having messy hair, clothes, or things around them
19
4.6
Dark and dirty so it does not look bright
14
5.3
Tangled into a thick mass, like hair, fur, or leaves
12
5.1
Not neat in appearance, often with messy hair or clothes
11
1.0
Not neat, with things like papers or clothes left around
10
6.0
Thin and untidy in appearance, often with rough, uneven ends
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6.9
Being messy and dirty in the way a person looks or acts
5
7.0
Dirty and untidy, often wet after being in rain or mud
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5.1
Not neat or tidy in appearance
1
7.7
Dirty and untidy in appearance
1
6.1
A thing not neatly kept or cut that looks natural
1
7.2
Thick, messy hair or fur that looks like a mop
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7.4
Messy and untidy in how a person or place looks
1
7.6
Messy and jumbled so people cannot understand it
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9.9
Dirty and messy, with things in the wrong places
Shaggy and dirty, with clumps of dried mud or hair stuck to 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.