Ratty synonyms
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Falling to pieces or into disrepair; broken down; shabby and neglected
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.)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
Disorderly or untidy in appearance:
Showing the effects of worry or anxiety
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Sick or worn out, as by old age or disease
Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect
Weakened or worn out from age or wear
The definition of dingy is something kind of dirty, gloomy or dull.
(Idiomatic, by extension, hyphenated when used attributively) Shabbily dressed, slovenly; impoverished.
Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect
Shabby and filthy; sordid; squalid
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Dirty and dilapidated:
Paltry, shabby, etc.
Shabby; untidy.
Full of seeds
Contemptible; mean; low
Dishonest or corrupt; disreputable:
Wearing old, worn clothes; shabby
Slightly adhesive or gummy to the touch; sticky.
all the worse for wear
gone to pot (or seed)
past cure (or hope)
better (related)
Healthier or more fit than before:
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Old and timeworn:
La'al (related)
budgie (related)
doggy (related)
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