rat-arsed

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables: rat-arsed
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Meaning

adj

Synonym of shitfaced, extremely drunk.

British usage; Colloquial

Example Sentences

"I got completely rat-arsed last night and ended up tied naked to a lamp post. I'm not going to do that again."
"He doesn't need an ambulance. He needs a bucket of cold water. Rat-arsed."

Etymology

Further development of pissed as a rat, from the British slang pissed (“drunk”), and drunk as a rat, the animal serving as a generic intensifier. Compare similar ratfaced, pissed as a newt, drunk as a skunk, etc.

Usage

British usage
Colloquial

Inflected Forms

more rat-arsed (comparative) most rat-arsed (superlative) ratarsed (alternative) rat arsed (alternative) ratassed (alternative) rat-assed (alternative) rat assed (alternative)

Derived Forms

ratted

Synonyms

shitfaced extremely drunk

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