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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worn-out; in shreds |
| Synonyms: | badly dressed, badly worn, battered, broken, contemptible, crude, desultory, dilapidated, dingy, disorganized, down at the heel, fragmented, frayed, frazzled, full of holes, in holes, in rags, in tatters, irregular, jagged, mean, moth-eaten, notched, patched, poor, poorly made, rent, rough, rugged, scraggy, seedy, serrated, shabby, shaggy, shoddy, shredded, tacky*, tattered, tatty, threadbare, torn, uneven, unfinished, unkempt, unpressed, worse for wear |
| Antonyms: | even, kempt, new, smooth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | moth-eaten |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shabby; stale |
| Synonyms: | ancient, antiquated, archaic, dated, decayed, decrepit, dilapidated, moribund, old-fashioned, outdated, ragged, tattered, threadbare, worn-out |
| Main Entry: | rugged |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bumpy, weathered |
| Synonyms: | asperous, broken, coarse, craggy, difficult, furrowed, harsh, hilly, irregular, jagged, leathery, lumpy, mountainous, ragged, rocky, rough, roughhewn, scabrous, scraggy, stark, uneven, unlevel, unpolished, unrefined, unsmooth, weather-beaten, worn, wrinkled |
| Antonyms: | even, flat, level, smooth |
| Main Entry: | scruffy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough, bedraggled |
| Synonyms: | badly groomed, frowzy, mangy, messy, ragged, run-down, seedy, shabby, slovenly, tacky*, tattered, threadbare, ungroomed, unkempt, untidy |
| Antonyms: | kempt, smooth, tidy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | seedy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | run-down, dilapidated |
| Synonyms: | ailing, beat up, bedraggled, crummy, decaying, decrepit, dingy, dog-eared, down-at-the-heel, drooping, droopy, faded, flagging, frowzy, gone to seed, grubby, in a bad way, mangy, messy, neglected, old, overgrown, poor, poorly, ragged, ratty, sagging, scruffy, shabby, sickly, sleazy*, slovenly, squalid, tacky, tattered, threadbare, tired, torn, unkempt, untidy, unwell, used up, wilted, wilting, worn |
| Antonyms: | luxurious, nice, posh |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | serrated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | jagged |
| Synonyms: | denticulate, indented, notched, ragged, saw-toothed, sawlike, sawtooth, scored, serrate, serried, serriform, serrulate, toothed |
| Antonyms: | smooth |
| Main Entry: | shabby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken-down; in poor shape |
| Synonyms: | bare, bedraggled, crummy, decayed, decaying, decrepit, degenerated, desolate, deteriorated, deteriorating, dilapidated, dingy, disfigured, disreputable, dog-eared, faded, frayed, gone to seed, mangy, meager, mean, miserable, moth-eaten, neglected, pitiful, poor, poverty-stricken, ragged, ramshackle, ratty, rickety, ruined, ruinous, run-down, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shoddy, sleazy, slipshod, squalid, tacky, tattered, threadbare, tired, worn, worn-out, worse for wear, wretched |
| Antonyms: | good, nice |
| Main Entry: | shaggy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hairy, unkempt |
| Synonyms: | furry, hirsute, long-haired, ragged, rough, ruffled, rugged, uncombed, unshorn |
| Antonyms: | kempt, shaven, smooth |
| Main Entry: | threadbare |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | worn, frayed |
| Synonyms: | beat up, damaged, dilapidated, dingy, dog-eared, down-at-the-heel, faded, frowzy, impaired, injured, old, ragged, ratty, run-down, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shopworn, tacky, tattered, timeworn, used, used-up, worn-out, worse for wear |
| Antonyms: | fresh, new, unused |
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