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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: 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: 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
Main Entry: insecure
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: dangerous, precarious

Synonyms:

defenseless, exposed, fluctuant, frail, hazardous, immature, insubstantial, loose, open to attack, perilous, rickety, rocky, rootless, shaky, unguarded, unprotected, unreliable, unsafe, unshielded, unsound, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, vulnerable, wavering, weak, wobbly

Antonyms:

guarded, protected, safe, secure, sound
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: 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: rocky
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: doubtful, undependable

Synonyms:

dizzy, ill, rickety, shaky, sick, sickly, staggering, ticklish, tottering, tricky, uncertain, unreliable, unstable, unsteady, unwell, weak, wobbly

Antonyms:

dependable, happy, healthy
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
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