bombed-out

adjective

ˈbämd-ˌau̇t 

-ˈau̇t

1

: destroyed by bombing

a bombed-out factory

2

: extremely dilapidated or run-down

a bombed-out inner-city neighborhood

Synonyms

• beat-up
• dilapidated
• dog-eared
• down-at-the-heels
• down-at-heel
• down-at-the-heel
• down-at-heels
• dumpy
• grungy
• mangy
• mean
• miserable
• moth-eaten
• neglected
• ratty
• run-down
• scrubby
• scruffy
• seedy
• shabby
• sleazy
• tacky
• tatterdemalion
• tatty
• threadbare
• timeworn
• tumbledown

Word History

First Known Use

1972, in the meaning defined at sense 1