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/rat"l braynd'/, adj.foolish; flighty; scatterbrained.[1710-20; RATTLE + BRAIN + -ED3]
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rattlebrained — adjective lacking sense or discretion his rattlebrained crackpot ideas how rattlepated I am! I ve forgotten what I came for Glenway Westcott • Syn: ↑rattlepated, ↑scatterbrained, ↑scatty • Similar to: ↑foolish * … Useful english dictionary
rattlebrained — adjective see rattlebrain … New Collegiate Dictionary
rattlebrained — adjective Foolish … Wiktionary
rattlebrained — Synonyms and related words: blank, brainless, dizzy, empty, empty headed, empty minded, empty pated, empty skulled, featherbrained, featherheaded, flighty, fluttery, frivolous, gaga, giddy, giddy brained, giddy headed, giddy pated, giddy witted,… … Moby Thesaurus
rattlebrained — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. giddy, irrational, scatterbrained; see silly , stupid 1 … English dictionary for students
rattlebrained — rat·tle·brained || rætlbreɪnd adj. stupid and talkative … English contemporary dictionary
rattlebrained — adj rattlepated, addlepated, scatterbrained, giddy, Inf. slaphappy, unstable, unsteady, volatile, Sl. flaky, fickle; foolish, silly, inane, eccentric, Sl. balmy, Brit. Sl. barmy; frivolous, flighty, bird brained; fuzzy, vague, out in left field,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
rattlepated — adjective lacking sense or discretion his rattlebrained crackpot ideas how rattlepated I am! I ve forgotten what I came for Glenway Westcott • Syn: ↑rattlebrained, ↑scatterbrained, ↑scatty • Similar to: ↑foolish … Useful english dictionary
scatterbrained — adjective 1. guided by whim and fancy flighty young girls • Syn: ↑flighty, ↑flyaway, ↑head in the clouds • Similar to: ↑frivolous • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
rat|tle|head|ed — «RAT uhl HEHD ihd», adjective. = rattlebrained. (Cf. ↑rattlebrained) … Useful english dictionary
