| Main Entry: | decrepit |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deteriorated, debilitated, especially as a result of age |
Synonyms: |
aged, anile, antiquated, battered, bedraggled, broken-down, creaky, crippled, dilapidated, doddering, effete, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, haggard, incapacitated, infirm, insubstantial, old, quavering, ramshackle, rickety, run-down, seedy, senile, shabby, shaking, superannuated, tacky, threadbare, tired, tottering, tumble-down, unsound, used, wasted, weak, weakly, weather-beaten, worn, worn-out |
Antonyms: |
fit, healthy, young |
| Main Entry: | bedraggled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unkempt |
Synonyms: |
decrepit, dilapidated, dirty, disheveled, disordered, dowdy, drenched, dripping, faded, messy, muddied, muddy, run-down, seedy, shabby, sloppy, slovenly, sodden, soiled, stained, sullied, tacky, tattered, threadbare, untidy, wet |
Antonyms: |
clean, neat, tidy |
| Main Entry: | delicate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sickly |
Synonyms: |
ailing, debilitated, decrepit, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, infirm, shatterable, shattery, slender, slight, susceptible, tender, unhealthy, weak |
Antonyms: |
healthful, healthy, strong |
| Main Entry: | dilapidated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | falling apart; in ruins |
Synonyms: |
battered, beat-up, broken-down, crumbling, crumbly, crummy, damaged, decayed, decaying, decrepit, derelict, dingy, dog-eared, faded, fallen-in, impaired, in a bad way, injured, marred, neglected, old, ramshackle, ratty, raunchy, rickety, rinky-dink, run-down, seedy, shabby, shaky, slummy, tacky, threadbare, tumble-down, uncared for, unimproved, unkempt, used-up, worn-out |
Antonyms: |
in good repair, rebuilt |
| Main Entry: | disabled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incapacitated |
Synonyms: |
broken-down, confined, decrepit, disarmed, hamstrung, handicapped, helpless, hurt, incapable, infirm, laid-up, lame, maimed, out-of-action, out-of-commission, paralyzed, powerless, run-down, sidelined, stalled, weakened, worn-out, wounded, wrecked |
Antonyms: |
able, healthy |
| Main Entry: | disrepair |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken; deteriorated |
Synonyms: |
busted, damaged, dead, decayed, decrepit, down, kaput, not functioning, on the blink, on the fritz, out of commission, out of order, worn out, wracked |
Antonyms: |
good, unbroken |
| Main Entry: | doddering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aged, feeble |
Synonyms: |
anile, decrepit, dotard, faltering, floundering, infirm, senile, shaky, tottering, trembling, unsteady, weak |
Antonyms: |
agile, young, youthful |
| Main Entry: | effete |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | spoiled, exhausted |
Synonyms: |
burnt out, corrupt, debased, decadent, decayed, declining, decrepit, degenerate, dissipated, dissolute, drained, enervated, enfeebled, far-gone, feeble, immoral, obsolete, overrefined, overripe, played out, soft, spent, vitiated, washed-out, wasted, weak, worn out |
Antonyms: |
capable, tireless |
| Main Entry: | feeble |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not strong; ineffective |
Synonyms: |
aged, ailing, chicken*, debilitated, decrepit, delicate, doddering, dopey, effete, emasculated, enervated, enfeebled, etiolated, exhausted, failing, faint, flabby, flat, fragile, frail, gentle, helpless, impotent, inadequate, incompetent, indecisive, ineffectual, inefficient, infirm, insubstantial, insufficient, lame, languid, low, out of gas, paltry, poor, powerless, puny, sapless, sickly, slight, strengthless, tame, thin, unconvincing, vitiated, weak, weakened, weakly, wimpy, woozy, zero* |
Antonyms: |
able, effective, hardy, healthy, hearty, powerful, solid, sound, strong |
| Main Entry: | flimsy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not strong; light, thin |
Synonyms: |
chiffon, cut-rate, decrepit, defective, delicate, diaphanous, feeble, fragile, frail, gauzy, gossamer, house of cards, inadequate, infirm, insubstantial, meager, papery, rickety, rinkydink, shaky, shallow, sheer, slapdash, sleazy, slight, superficial, tacky, transparent, unsound, unsubstantial, weak, wobbly |
Antonyms: |
firm, heavy, solid, strong, sturdy, substantial, thick, tough |