The suspect was hiding in one of those ramshackle buildings near the pier.
Source: tatoeba (9935559)
Ramshackle
//ˈɹæmˌʃæk.əl//
Synonyms for "ramshackle" (70 found)
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Closest matches (14)
Adjective(6 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Strong matches (21)
Related words (35)
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37 translations across 19 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- паянтов adj (in disrepair or disorder)
- разнебитен adj (in disrepair or disorder)
Catalan
1 entries- ruïnós adj (in disrepair or disorder)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 毀壞的 /毁坏的 adj (in disrepair or disorder)
- 破敗的 /破败的 adj (in disrepair or disorder)
- 破舊的 /破旧的 adj (in disrepair or disorder)
Czech
2 entries- polorozpadlý adj (in disrepair or disorder)
- zchátralý adj (in disrepair or disorder)
Dutch
2 entries- bouwvallig adj (in disrepair or disorder)
- gammel adj (in disrepair or disorder)
Finnish
3 entries- rähjäinen adj (in disrepair or disorder)
- rämä adj (in disrepair or disorder)
- ränsistynyt adj (in disrepair or disorder)
French
1 entries- délabré adj (in disrepair or disorder)
German
3 entries- baufällig adj (in disrepair or disorder)
- klapprig adj (in disrepair or disorder)
- marode adj (in disrepair or disorder)
Hungarian
2 entries- rozoga adj (in disrepair or disorder)
- rozzant adj (in disrepair or disorder)
Italian
4 entries- cadente adj (in disrepair or disorder)
- diroccante adj (in disrepair or disorder)
- malandato adj (in disrepair or disorder)
- pericolante adj (in disrepair or disorder)
Japanese
1 entries- いやしい adj (in disrepair or disorder)
Māori
1 entries- karukaru adj (in disrepair or disorder)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- falleferdig adj (in disrepair or disorder)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- falleferdig adj (in disrepair or disorder)
Persian
1 entries- لکنتی adj (in disrepair or disorder)
Polish
2 entries- rozklekotany adj (in disrepair or disorder)
- rozpadający się adj (in disrepair or disorder)
Portuguese
1 entries- malcuidado adj (in disrepair or disorder)
Russian
2 entries- ве́тхий adj (in disrepair or disorder)
- разваливающийся adj (in disrepair or disorder)
Ukrainian
2 entries- напівзруйнований adj (in disrepair or disorder)
- напіврозвалений adj (in disrepair or disorder)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
How long have you lived in this ramshackle hut?
Source: tatoeba (9948826)
They're squatting in a ramshackle old factory at the moment.
Source: tatoeba (9980911)
Tom gave an incendiary speech in a ramshackle old factory.
Source: tatoeba (9980921)
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