All dilapidated synonyms
di·lap·i·dat·ed
D d 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.
- ruined — ruins, 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.