Synonyms of tatterdemalion

tatterdemalion

adjective

1

as in dilapidated

showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect

one of those tatterdemalion towns of the rust belt where the factories closed down decades ago

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dilapidated
• neglected
• tumbledown
• tattered
• mangy
• scruffy
• shabby
• tatty
• abandoned
• miserable
• desolate
• ragged
• scrubby
• dumpy
• threadbare
• seedy
• grungy
• tired
• timeworn
• ratty
• gone to seed
• down-at-the-heels
• tacky
• sleazy
• ruined
• broken
• moth-eaten
• dog-eared
• beat-up
• mean
• bombed-out
• run-down
• unkept
• decrepit
• wrecked
• damaged
• ramshackle
• forlorn
• dingy
• destroyed
• bedraggled
• rickety
• deteriorated
• broken-down
• decaying
• godforsaken
• deteriorating
• worn-out
• rackety
• injured
• rattletrap
• hurt
• impaired
• harmed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• new
• fresh
• brand-new
• maintained
• kept-up
• reconstructed
• mended
• patched
• spiffy
• rebuilt
• cared-for
• smart
• spruce

2

as in tattered

wearing torn or worn-out clothes

an ill-equipped, tatterdemalion army

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tattered
• ragged
• raggedy
• out at elbows
• scruffy
• shabby
• ragtag
• bedraggled
• scroungy
• threadbare
• down-at-the-heels

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decked (out)
• spiffy
• dressed up
• dolled up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tatterdemalion

Overhanging his outer compound wall were the only two remaining shade trees in the citadel, one a dying oak, the other a mulberry tree, and within the compound was a tatterdemalion garden, where a scrawny pomegranate tree drooped with heavy fruit. —Rod Nordland, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2017

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