Synonyms of tatty

tatty

adjective

ˈta-tē 

as in dilapidated

showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect

the owner has let the restaurant become increasingly tatty over the years

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tatty

The carpets were tatty; the meeting rooms were ill-equipped. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025

Twenty-five years after construction, when materials get tatty and tastes change, is the danger time. — Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2025

Texas Renée likes to be alone in tatty clothes with the dogs, crisscrossing the country and hanging out at the vet, cleaning the yard or planting and pruning things. — Hugh Grant, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2025

The coffee table had been painted black all over and looked rather tatty. — Alyce Collins, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024