Antonyms for potty


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : pot-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɒt i


Definition of potty

Origin :
  • "crazy, silly," 1916, slang, of unknown origin, perhaps connected to potter (v.). Earlier slang senses were "easy to manage" (1899) and "feeble, petty" (1860).
  • As in balmy : adj insane
  • As in nutty : adj deranged
  • As in crazy : adj mentally strange
  • As in toilet : noun bathroom
  • As in chamber pot : noun container as toilet
  • As in can : noun toilet
Example sentences :
  • It iss no disgrace whateffer to a potty to give in to Nature.
  • Extract from : « Strife (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • We are fighting for a principle; there is no potty that shall say I am not a peliever in principle.
  • Extract from : « Strife (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • If it goes on much longer I'll be potty if I ain't a gone 'un.
  • Extract from : « A Student in Arms » by Donald Hankey
  • Potty, Pipes, and Piffle were very real to me, and lived like actual people in that dim garret.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • "See haud o' the potty," cries Rob, an' losh, he had the window in afore Cree cud hae cut the glass.
  • Extract from : « When a Man's Single » by J. M. Barrie
  • Do you happen to have come across a goggle-eyed, potty little Alderman Brooker?
  • Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
  • If Athene hadn't had that potty little legacy left her, she couldn't have done this.
  • Extract from : « A Family Man (From the Fifth Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • A man wot knows wet 'e's doin' is worth ten wot don't, even if 'e's a potty old parson.'
  • Extract from : « The Club of Queer Trades » by G. K. Chesterton
  • I can't imagine why I made all that fuss about a potty job like distributing prizes at a rotten little country grammar school.
  • Extract from : « Right Ho, Jeeves » by P. G. Wodehouse
  • Behind the trunk crouched—Potty Black, with a mouse clamped in her jaws.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Named Smith » by Marie Conway Oemler

Synonyms for potty

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