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variants:
or down-at-heel
also down-at-the-heel
or down-at-heels
Synonyms & Antonyms of down-at-the-heels
showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect
- the stately mansion where he lives now is a far cry from the down-at-the-heels triple-decker in which he grew up
Synonyms for down-at-the-heels
- beat-up,
- bombed-out,
- dilapidated,
- dog-eared,
- dumpy,
- grungy,
- mangy,
- mean,
- miserable,
- moth-eaten,
- neglected,
- ratty,
- run-down,
- scrubby,
- scruffy,
- seedy,
- shabby,
- sleazy,
- tacky,
- tatterdemalion,
- tatty,
- threadbare,
- timeworn,
- tumbledown
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The first known use of down-at-the-heels was in 1856
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