An old, rickety footbridge is the only way to get to the other side of the gorge.
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Rickety
Synonyms for "rickety" (196 found)
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Adjective(7 words)
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Translations
79 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- разклатен adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- рахитичен adj (affected with rickets)
Catalan
1 entries- inestable adj (feeble in the joints, tottering)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 不牢 adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- 佝偻病的 adj (affected with rickets)
Czech
4 entries- chatrný adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- nestabilní adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- rozviklaný adj (feeble in the joints, tottering)
- viklající se adj (feeble in the joints, tottering)
Dutch
4 entries- gammel adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- gebrekkig adj (feeble in the joints, tottering)
- krakkemikkig adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- rachitisch adj (affected with rickets)
Finnish
4 entries- hauras adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- hauras adj (feeble in the joints, tottering)
- hutera adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- riisitautinen adj (affected with rickets)
French
4 entries- boiteux adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- boiteux adj (feeble in the joints, tottering)
- branlant adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- délabré adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
Galician
4 entries- inestábel adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- penzo adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- raquítico adj (affected with rickets)
- tangaraño adj (affected with rickets)
German
4 entries- gebrechlich adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- gebrechlich adj (feeble in the joints, tottering)
- klapprig adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- rachitisch adj (affected with rickets)
Greek
4 entries- ετοιμόρροπος adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- ετοιμόρροπος adj (feeble in the joints, tottering)
- ξεχαρβαλωμένος adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- ραχιτικός adj (affected with rickets)
Haitian Creole
2 entries- delambre adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- rachitik adj (affected with rickets)
Hungarian
4 entries- angolkóros adj (affected with rickets)
- billegő adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- düledező adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- imbolygó adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
Italian
2 entries- rachitico adj (affected with rickets)
- traballante adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
Lao
1 entries- ງ່ອນແງ່ນ adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
Māori
2 entries- tūoioi adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- tūretireti adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
Persian
3 entries- زپرتی adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- فکسّنی adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- فکسّنی adj (feeble in the joints, tottering)
Portuguese
2 entries- precário adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- raquítico adj (affected with rickets)
Russian
4 entries- ве́тхий adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- ло́мкий adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- рахитичный adj (affected with rickets)
- трясущийся adj (feeble in the joints, tottering)
Spanish
1 entries- enclenque adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
Swedish
2 entries- ranglig adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- skranglig adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
Thai
4 entries- กระง่อนกระแง่น adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- ง่อนแง่น adj (not strong because of poor construction or upkeep)
- อ่อนแอ adj (feeble in the joints, tottering)
- เปราะบาง adj (feeble in the joints, tottering)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
This chair is quite rickety when you sit on it. Should I fix it or buy a new one?
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The newborn giraffe stumbled around on rickety legs.
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Tom carefully climbed up the rickety staircase.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.