| Main Entry: | ramshackle |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | falling apart; in poor condition |
Synonyms: |
broken-down, crumbling, decrepit, derelict, dilapidated, flimsy, jerry-built, rickety, shabby, shaky, tottering, tumble-down, unfirm, unsafe, unsteady |
Antonyms: |
good, nice, repaired, stable |
| 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: | 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: | jerry-built |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flimsy |
Synonyms: |
cheap, defective, insubstantial, jerry-rigged, junky, makeshift, ramshackle, rickety, shoddy, slipshod, unsound, unsubstantial |
| Notes: | jerry-built means of inferior workmanship and materials, while jury-rigged means done or made using whatever is available |
| Main Entry: | rickety |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unsound, broken-down |
Synonyms: |
broken, decrepit, derelict, dilapidated, feeble, flimsy, fragile, frail, imperfect, infirm, insecure, jerry-built, precarious, rachitic, ramshackle, rattletrap, rocky, shaky, tottering, tottery, tumble-down, unsteady, wavering, weak, wobbly |
Antonyms: |
sound, stable |
| Main Entry: | run-down |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shabby, in bad shape |
Synonyms: |
abandoned, beat-up, below par, broken-down, crumbling, debilitated, decrepit, derelict, deserted, desolate, dilapidated, dingy, dog-eared, down-at-the-heel, drained, enervated, exhausted, fatigued, forsaken, frowzy, in a bad way, neglected, old, out of condition, peaked, ramshackle, ratty, rickety, seedy, tacky, tattered, tired, tumble-down, uncared-for, under the weather, unhealthy, untended, used up, weak, weary, worn-out |
Antonyms: |
fresh, good, healthy, ok |
| Main Entry: | shabby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken-down; in poor shape |
Synonyms: |
bare, bedraggled, crummy, decayed, decaying, decrepit, degenerated, desolate, deteriorated, deteriorating, dilapidated, dingy, disfigured, disreputable, dog-eared, faded, frayed, gone to seed, mangy, meager, mean, miserable, moth-eaten, neglected, pitiful, poor, poverty-stricken, ragged, ramshackle, ratty, rickety, ruined, ruinous, run-down, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shoddy, sleazy, slipshod, squalid, tacky, tattered, threadbare, tired, worn, worn-out, worse for wear, wretched |
Antonyms: |
good, nice |
| Main Entry: | squalid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | poor, run-down |
Synonyms: |
abominable, base, broken-down, decayed, despicable, dingy, dirty, disgusting, disheveled, fetid, filthy, foul, grimy, gruesome, horrible, horrid, ignoble, impure, low, mean, miry, moldy, muddy, musty, nasty, odorous, offensive, poverty-stricken, ramshackle, reeking, repellent, repulsive, scurvy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sloppy, slovenly, soiled, sordid, ugly, unclean, unkempt, vile, wretched |
Antonyms: |
clean, good, kept-up, rich |
| Main Entry: | broken-down |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dilapidated |
Synonyms: |
battered, bedraggled, decrepit, deteriorated, falling apart, in disrepair, infirm, neglected, old, ramshackle, run-down, seedy, shabby, threadbare, unsound |
Antonyms: |
intact, solid, sound, sturdy, well-kept |
| Main Entry: | worn out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | overused |
Synonyms: |
battered, broken down, crumbling, decaying, decrepit. in ruins, deteriorated, dilapidated, falling apart, falling down, in disrepair, ramshackle, run-down, the worse for wear |