Related Words for threadbare

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worn
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Adjective, Verb
tired
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Verb, Adjective
hackneyed
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Adjective, Adjective
banal
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Adjective, Adjective
trite
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun
stock
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Noun, Noun, Verb, Adjective
commonplace
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Adjective, Adjective, Noun, Verb
tattered
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Adjective
ratty
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Noun
tatty
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Noun
shabby
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Adjective
flimsy
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Adjective
ragged
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Adjective
grubby
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Adjective
raggedy
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Name
dilapidated
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Adjective
feeble
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Adjective
rickety
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Adjective
dingy
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Adjective
frayed
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Adjective, Verb
decrepit
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Adjective
skimpy
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Adjective
sodden
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Adjective
ramshackle
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Adjective
shoddy
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Adjective
tawdry
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Adjective
soiled
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Adjective
scruffy
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Adjective
grimy
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Adjective
mangy
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Adjective
rumpled
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Adjective
hoary
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Adjective
gauzy
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Noun
squalid
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Adjective
bedraggled
x/x
Adjective
dusty
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Adjective
drab
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Noun
pitiful
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Adjective
bloodstained
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Adjective
forlorn
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Adjective
wretched
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Adjective
homespun
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Noun
unfashionable
x/xxx
Adjective
pallid
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Adjective
patchy
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Adjective
insubstantial
xx/x
Adjective
crummy
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Noun
serviceable
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Adjective
ineffectual
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Adjective
specious
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Adjective
sparse
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Adjective
creaky
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Adjective
insipid
x/x
Adjective
filthy
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Adjective
unconvincing
xx/x
Adjective
thin
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Adjective
pathetic
x/x
Adjective
scratchy
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Adjective
prosaic
x/x
Adjective
outmoded
x/x
Adjective
haggard
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Noun
nondescript
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Adjective
dismal
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Adjective
listless
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Adjective
frail
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Adjective
flabby
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Adjective
unkempt
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Adjective
scanty
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Adjective
cheerless
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Adjective
vacuous
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Adjective
shapeless
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Adjective
unpromising
x/xx
Adjective
bare
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Adjective
sere
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Noun
sleazy
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Adjective
thrummed
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Verb
crushed
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Verb
skinny
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Adjective
tight
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Adjective
sheer
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Adjective
woven
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Verb
sagged
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Verb
woolly
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Adjective
baggy
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Adjective
thrown
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Verb
linen
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Noun
shot
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Noun
trimmed
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Verb
stranded
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Adjective
leathern
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Adjective
patched
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Verb
cassock
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Noun
carpet
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Noun
overcoats
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Noun
rug
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Noun
faded
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Verb
sofa
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Noun
upholstery
x/xx
Noun
cardigan
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Noun
cloak
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Noun
couch
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Noun
bathrobe
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Noun
coat
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Noun
blanket
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Noun
cliche
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Noun
jacket
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Noun
shawl
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Noun
towel
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Noun
armchair
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Noun
jeans
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Noun
sail
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Noun
quilt
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Noun
overalls
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Noun
torn
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Verb
garments
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Noun
clothes
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Noun
trousers
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Noun
stained
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Verb
cuffs
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Noun
tunic
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Noun
suit
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Noun
breeches
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Noun
absorbing
x/x
Adjective
alien
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
auto
/x
Noun, Verb, Adjective
barrels
/x
Noun
barren
/x
Adjective, Noun
bear
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
beige
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Adjective, Noun
bin
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Noun, Verb
birds
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Verb
blind
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Adjective, Noun, Verb, Adverb
chaise
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Noun
cool
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Adjective, Verb, Noun
counters
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Noun
embroidered
x/x
Adjective, Verb
feather
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Noun, Verb
foreign
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Adjective, Name
laundered
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Verb
lit
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
low
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
maroon
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
seedy
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Adjective
unbuttoned
x/x
Adjective
wadded
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Verb, Adjective
yarn
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Noun, Verb
pidgin
/x
Noun
gloss
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Noun, Verb
butt
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Noun, Verb
blow
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
dicky
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Name, Adjective
fall
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Verb, Noun
sfa
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Name
die
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Verb, Noun