What a home! The place looked like some disused rag-store. The large unglazed window was closed up by a dilapidated shutter.
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Dilapidated
Synonyms for "dilapidated" (144 found)
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Closest matches (29)
beat upwoebegoneablativebatteredbeat-upbeaten upbedraggledbiodegradableblowzybroken downbroken-downcarelesschintzycorrosivecrumblingdamageddecayeddecayingdecomposabledecomposing
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Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(3 words)
Strong matches (43)
Related words (72)
moth-eatenmussymustynegligentpokyraddledraggedraggedyramshackleravagedresolventricketishricketyrockyruinedruinousrumptyrun downrun-downrusty
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scragglyseedyseparativeshabbyshakyshoddyslackslatternlysleazyslipshodsloppyslovenlyslummysluttishsolventsordidspideryspindlysqualidstaletackytatterdemaliontatteredteeteringteeterythreadbaretime-scarredtime-worntimeworntotteringtotterytumbledownunkemptunneatunsightlyunsoundunsteadyuntidywobblywornwrecked
Adjective(8 words)
Adjective(3 words)
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived
4 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
50 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- разнебитен adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 毀壞的 /毁坏的 adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- 破敗的 /破败的 adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- 破舊的 /破旧的 adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
Czech
2 entries- zchátralý adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- zpustlý adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
Danish
4 entries- faldefærdig adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- forfalden adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- forsømt adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- medtaget adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
Dutch
3 entries- verloederd adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- vervallen adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- verwaarloosd adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
Esperanto
1 entries- kaduka adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
Faroese
1 entries- forfallin adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
Finnish
2 entries- rapistunut adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- ränsistynyt adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
French
4 entries- caduc adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- délabré adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- infirme adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- vieux adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
German
3 entries- baufällig adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- heruntergekommen adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- verfallen adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
Greek
2 entries- ερειπωμένος adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- ρημαγμένος adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
Irish
1 entries- ainriochtach adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
Italian
4 entries- cadente adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- degradato adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- fatiscente adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- pericolante adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
Limburgish
1 entries- keduuk adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- falleferdig adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- forfallen adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- falleferdig adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- forfallen adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
Persian
1 entries- خرابه adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
Portuguese
1 entries- dilapidado adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
Romanian
1 entries- dărăpănat adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
Russian
2 entries- полуразвали́вшийся adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- полуразру́шенный adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
Spanish
4 entries- derruido adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- destartalado adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- desvencijado adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- dilapidado adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
Swedish
3 entries- fallfärdig adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- förfallen adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
- nedgången adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
Ukrainian
1 entries- напівзруйно́ваний adj (having fallen into a state of disrepair)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The crime scene was in a dilapidated motel.
Source: tatoeba (4418563)
They lived in a dilapidated house.
Source: tatoeba (5725912)
They used to hold raves in those dilapidated warehouses on the quay.
Source: tatoeba (6453946)
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