Thesaurus / down-at-the-heel
other words for down-at-the-heel
- broken-down
- crumbling
- decrepit
- derelict
- deserted
- desolate
- dilapidated
- dingy
- neglected
- ramshackle
- rickety
- seedy
- tacky
- abandoned
- beat-up
- below par
- debilitated
- dog-eared
- drained
- enervated
- exhausted
- fatigued
- forsaken
- frowzy
- in a bad way
- old
- out of condition
- peaked
- ratty
- tattered
- tired
- tumble-down
- uncared-for
- under the weather
- unhealthy
- untended
- used up
- weak
- weary
- worn-out
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Indeed, it would be hard to imagine a more uninteresting, bedraggled, down-at-the-heel place than this.
A WOMAN'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE PHILIPPINESFLORENCE KIMBALL RUSSEL
He loathed the shabbiness of it, and the suggestion of germs, decay, down-at-the-heel poverty added to his depression.
THE MAN FROM THE BITTER ROOTSCAROLINE LOCKHART
We had evidently caught the household stripped of "lugs," and sunk in the down-at-the-heel slovenliness which it called "comfort."
THE DELUGEDAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS
Why do we associate money questions with that which is unhappy, unfortunate, down-at-the-heel, with fear and misery?
CREATING CAPITALFREDERICK L. LIPMAN
He put her into a fashionable school and bade her have nothing more to do with those 'down-at-the-heel Bonnivels.'
JOYCE'S INVESTMENTSFANNIE E. NEWBERRY
We had evidently caught the household stripped of lugs, and sunk in the down-at-the-heel slovenliness which it called comfort.
WORDS RELATED TO DOWN-AT-THE-HEEL
- abandoned
- beat-up
- below par
- broken-down
- crumbling
- debilitated
- decrepit
- derelict
- deserted
- desolate
- dilapidated
- dingy
- dog-eared
- down-at-the-heel
- drained
- enervated
- exhausted
- fatigued
- forsaken
- frowzy
- in a bad way
- neglected
- old
- out of condition
- peaked
- ramshackle
- ratty
- rickety
- seedy
- tacky
- tattered
- tired
- tumble-down
- uncared-for
- under the weather
- unhealthy
- untended
- used up
- weak
- weary
- worn-out
- ailing
- beat up
- bedraggled
- crummy
- decaying
- decrepit
- dingy
- dog-eared
- down-at-the-heel
- drooping
- droopy
- faded
- flagging
- frowzy
- gone to seed
- grubby
- in a bad way
- mangy
- messy
- neglected
- old
- overgrown
- poor
- poorly
- ragged
- ratty
- sagging
- scruffy
- shabby
- sickly
- sleazy
- slovenly
- squalid
- tacky
- tattered
- threadbare
- tired
- torn
- unkempt
- untidy
- unwell
- used up
- wilted
- wilting
- worn
- ailing
- beat up
- bedraggled
- crummy
- decaying
- decrepit
- dingy
- dog-eared
- down-at-the-heel
- drooping
- droopy
- faded
- flagging
- frowzy
- gone to seed
- grubby
- in a bad way
- mangy
- messy
- neglected
- old
- overgrown
- poor
- poorly
- ragged
- ratty
- sagging
- scruffy
- shabby
- sickly
- sleazy
- slovenly
- squalid
- tacky
- tattered
- threadbare
- tired
- torn
- unkempt
- untidy
- unwell
- used up
- wilted
- wilting
- worn
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.