Run-down

Synonyms for "run-down" (153 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Adjective(20 words)

beat banjaxed beat up beaten up bedraggled bleareyed bleary bleary-eyed bone-tired broken-down buggered bushed busted cream crackered crumbling dead tired derelict dilapidated dog-tired dog-weary

ausgespielt breakdown broken down debilitated devitalized dingy disabled disreputable

Adjective(3 words)

creaky decrepit derelict

Strong matches (46)

Adjective(23 words)

done done in done up downgone draggled drained enervated exhausted fagged out fatigued forfairn forlagen forworn fried fucked gassed heavyeyed jaded jiggered kerry packered

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knacked knackered languid

drooping droopy effete enfeebled faded fagged failing faint far gone feeble flagging footsore frail frazzled haggard heel in a bad way incapacitated infirm invalid

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laid low languishing

Adjective(1 words)

flea-bitten

Related words (76)

mean moribund moth eaten outline pale peaked ragged reduced ruined run ragged sagging sapped scrubby scruffy shoddy sickly sleazy slummy squalid tattered

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threadbare time-worn tottery uncared for unhealthy unrefreshed unsound untended used up valetudinarian wasted wayworn weak weakened weakly

Adjective(40 words)

nadgered neglected out of gas played out pooped pooped out pumped ramshackle ruinous scroungy seedy shabby shagged shagged out shattered shot sleepy spent stuffed tacky

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tatterdemalion tattered timeworn tired tired out tuckered tuckered out tumbledown wappened washed out weariful weary whacked whipped worn worn out worn-out worse for wear wrecked zonked

Adjective(1 words)

woebegone

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similar

3 entries

malfunctioning nonfunctional worn

Translations

13 translations across 8 languages.

Czech

2 entries

utahaný adj (of a person: tired and exhausted)
vyčerpaný adj (of a person: tired and exhausted)

Dutch

4 entries

afgeleefd adj (of a person: tired and exhausted)
bouwvallig adj (of a place: decrepit)
uitgeleefd adj (of a place: decrepit)
vermoeid adj (of a person: tired and exhausted)

Esperanto

1 entries

kaduka adj (of a place: decrepit)

Finnish

1 entries

ränsistynyt adj (of a place: decrepit)

German

1 entries

heruntergekommen adj (of a person: tired and exhausted)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

nedslitt adj (of a place: decrepit)

Spanish

2 entries

decrépito adj (of a place: decrepit)
deteriorado adj (of a place: decrepit)

Swedish

1 entries

nedgången adj (of a place: decrepit)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

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This city may be a little run-down, but the people living here are all kind, and will welcome anyone with open arms.

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The house is run-down.

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The place looks run-down and like the wind could blow it away, but it's always packed with regular customers.

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The shopping precinct, built in the 1960s, is tired and run-down.

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