scattier; scattiest
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chiefly British, informal
: scatterbrained
She did, however, complete five physics papers and, being scatty, sent them—one after the other—to the wrong email address.—
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- balmy
- barmy [chiefly British]
- bats
- batty
- bedlam
- bonkers
- brainsick
- bughouse [slang]
- certifiable
- crackbrained
- cracked
- crackers
- crackpot
- cranky [dialect]
- crazed
- crazy
- cuckoo
- daffy
- daft
- demented
- deranged
- fruity [slang]
- gaga
- haywire
- insane
- kooky
- kookie
- loco [slang]
- loony
- looney
- loony tunes
- looney tunes
- lunatic
- mad
- maniacal
- maniac
- mental
- meshuga
- meshugge
- meshugah
- meshuggah
- moonstruck
- non compos mentis
- nuts
- nutty
- psycho
- psychotic
- screwy
- unbalanced
- unhinged
- unsound
- wacko
- whacko
- wacky
- whacky
- wud [chiefly Scottish]
Examples of scatty in a Sentence
any number of individuals have been fingered as the scatty serial killer known to history as Jack the Ripper
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A lot of her frenetic, scatty energy came from Bronte Carmichael, who was the voice performer for Robin.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 21 Jan. 2024
And Eve’s a bit scatty and all over the place, and Villanelle’s so lush and confident.
—David Kamp, WSJ, 5 Nov. 2018
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Leo Barraclough, Variety, 21 Jan. 2024
And Eve’s a bit scatty and all over the place, and Villanelle’s so lush and confident.
—David Kamp, WSJ, 5 Nov. 2018
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“Scatty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scatty. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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