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down-at-the-heels

adjective

variants: or down-at-heel also down-at-the-heel or down-at-heels

Synonyms and 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 of 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

Words Related to down-at-the-heels

abandoned, unkept

desolate, forlorn, godforsaken

broken-down, decrepit, tired, worn-out

bedraggled, dingy, ragged, tattered

decaying, deteriorated, deteriorating, rackety, ramshackle, rattletrap, rickety, tumbledown

broken, damaged, destroyed, harmed, hurt, impaired, injured, ruined, wrecked

Phrases Synonymous with down-at-the-heels

Near Antonyms of down-at-the-heels

brand-new, fresh, new

cared-for, kept-up, maintained

mended, patched, rebuilt, reconstructed

smart, spiffy, spruce

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