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All dilapidated synonyms

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adj dilapidated

  • damaged — injury or harm that reduces value or usefulness: The storm did considerable damage to the crops.
  • run-down — fatigued; weary; exhausted.
  • shabby — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
  • decaying — rotting as a result of bacterial, fungal, or chemical action; decomposing
  • crumbling — to break into small fragments or crumbs.
  • unkempt — not combed: unkempt hair.
  • broken-down — A broken-down vehicle or machine no longer works because it has something wrong with it.
  • neglected — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
  • dingy — of a dark, dull, or dirty color or aspect; lacking brightness or freshness.
  • decrepit — Something that is decrepit is old and in bad condition. Someone who is decrepit is old and weak.
  • ramshackle — dilapidated, run down
  • seedy — abounding in seed.
  • derelict — A place or building that is derelict is empty and in a bad state of repair because it has not been used or lived in for a long time.
  • rickety — likely to fall or collapse; shaky: a rickety chair.
  • battered — Something that is battered is old and in poor condition because it has been used a lot.
  • injured — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
  • impaired — weakened, diminished, or damaged: impaired hearing; to rebuild an impaired bridge.
  • decayed — having rotted as a result of bacterial, fungal, or chemical action; decomposed
  • faded — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
  • marred — to damage or spoil to a certain extent; render less perfect, attractive, useful, etc.; impair or spoil: That billboard mars the view. The holiday was marred by bad weather.
  • crumbly — Something that is crumbly is easily broken into a lot of little pieces.
  • crummy — Something that is crummy is unpleasant, of very poor quality, or not good enough.
  • old — far advanced in the years of one's or its life: an old man; an old horse; an old tree.
  • ratty — full of rats.
  • raunchy — vulgar or smutty; crude; earthy; obscene: a raunchy joke.
  • shaky — tending to shake or tremble.
  • tacky — not tasteful or fashionable; dowdy.
  • threadbare — having the nap worn off so as to lay bare the threads of the warp and woof, as a fabric, garment, etc.
  • unimproved — not developed to full potential, as resources or the mind.
  • worn-out — worn or used beyond repair.
  • beat-up — Informal. dilapidated; in poor condition from use: a beat-up old jalopy.
  • dog-eared — having dog-ears: a dog-eared book.
  • in a bad way — not good in any manner or degree.
  • rinky-dink — inconsequential, amateurish, or of generally inferior quality; small-time: a rinky-dink college; He plays with some rinky-dink team.
  • slummy — of, relating to, or characteristic of a slum: a slummy part of town.
  • tumble-down — dilapidated; ruined; rundown: He lived in a tumble-down shack.

adjective dilapidated

  • rundown — a quick review or summary of main points of information, usually oral: This brief rundown of past events will bring you up to date.
  • tumbledown — dilapidated; ruined; rundown: He lived in a tumble-down shack.
  • ruinedruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
  • wrecked — any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
  • destroyed — to reduce (an object) to useless fragments, a useless form, or remains, as by rending, burning, or dissolving; injure beyond repair or renewal; demolish; ruin; annihilate.
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