Synonyms for "down-at-the-heels" (17 found)

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Closest matches (4)

dowdydown at the heelfrayedfrazzled

Strong matches (5)

holeypatchyraggedraggedyratty

Related words (8)

scruffyseedyshabbyshoddytackytatteredtattytorn

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Related terms

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down at the heels

Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He looks very down-at-the-heels.

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