Synonyms of tumbledown

tumbledown

adjective

ˈtəm-bəl-ˈdau̇n 

as in dilapidated

showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect

lived alone on a tumbledown farm that had seen better days

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tumbledown

Its setting is a tumbledown farm in Kentucky in 1910, the home of the soft-spoken, musically minded Lionel Worthing (Mescal), who has grown up obsessed with regional folk music. — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 22 May 2025

Just a couple minutes off Interstate 10 near Dragoon is the tumbledown terrain of Texas Canyon, where a network of easy trails has opened. — Jill Cassidy, AZCentral.com, 13 Mar. 2025

All except a few dozen hardy souls who formed the historical society and began patching the scars of this tumbledown town. — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024

The pictures within chronicle a turbulent half decade in the lives of Billingham’s family members, who reside in a tumbledown tower-block apartment in the town of Cradley Heath. — Chris Wiley, The New Yorker, 29 Feb. 2024