Dilapidated synonyms

dĭ-lăp'ĭ-dā'tĭd

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damaged
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crumbly (related)
Crumblike; consisting of crumbs or small particles
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ramshackle
Loose and rickety; likely to fall to pieces; shaky
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threadbare
(Of a person) wearing clothes of threadbare material
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old (related)
A grammatical intensifier, often used in describing something positive. (Mostly in idioms like good old, big old and little old, any old and some old.)
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better (related)
Healthier or more fit than before:
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tumble-down
in deplorable condition
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decrepit (related)
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beggarly
In the manner of a beggar; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible.
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teetery
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cramped (related)
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retrogressive
Of or relating to retrogression
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in good repair (antonym)
falling apart; in ruins
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all the worse for wear
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bedraggled
Wet, drenched, or messy:
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broken-down
No longer in working order
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delapidated (related)
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decaying (related)
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battered
(Cooking) Coated with batter.
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neglected
Suffering from neglect.
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derelict (related)
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semi-derelict (related)
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ruinous (related)
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roofless (related)
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in disrepair (related)
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run down (related)
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rundown
Dirty and dilapidated:
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dingy
The definition of dingy is something kind of dirty, gloomy or dull.
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mangy
Shabby and filthy; sordid; squalid
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scrubby
Paltry, shabby, etc.
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scruffy
Shabby; untidy.
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seedy
Full of seeds
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shabby
Showing much wear; ragged; threadbare
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shoddy
Contemptible; mean; low
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sleazy
Dishonest or corrupt; disreputable:
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tacky
Slightly adhesive or gummy to the touch; sticky.
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ratty
Similar to a rat; ratlike.
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gone to pot (or seed)
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past cure (or hope)
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disreputable
Not fit to be seen; dirty, shabby, etc.
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shot
Tired, weary
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decay
Decay is defined as rotted matter or the state of rotting, deteriorating or declining.
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dilapidation
A dilapidating or becoming dilapidated
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rebuilt (antonym)
falling apart; in ruins
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down-at-heel
Shabbily dressed because of poverty; seedy.
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faded
Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect
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Dilapidated Sentence Examples

  • A fire was made up in the dilapidated brick stove.

  • On the east of the town at the foot of a hill stands a dilapidated fort.

  • He continued through the streets and slowed when he reached a dilapidated, boarded-up church on a corner.

  • They had been concealed in a cellar to prevent their falling into the hands of the book-collecting princes of Pergamum, and were in a very dilapidated condition.

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