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Synonyms for tatty
adj shabby- all the worse for wear
- bare
- bedraggled
- broken-down
- crummy
- cure
- decayed
- decaying
- decrepit
- degenerated
- desolate
- deteriorated
- deteriorating
- dilapidated
- dingy
- disfigured
- disreputable
- dog-eared
- down-at-heel
- faded
- frayed
- gone to seed
- mangy
- meager
- mean
- miserable
- moth-eaten
- neglected
- pitiful
- poor
- pot
- poverty-stricken
- ragged
- ramshackle
- ratty
- rickety
- ruined
- ruinous
- run-down
- rundown
- scrubby
- scruffy
- seedy
- shoddy
- sleazy
- slipshod
- squalid
- tacky
- tattered
- threadbare
- tired
- worn
- worn-out
- worse for wear
- wretched
cheaper
adjective. inferior, low in quality
- bad
- base
- bogus
- catchpenny
- cheesy
- common
- commonplace
- crappy
- cruddy
- dud
- flashy
- garbage
- garish
- glitzy
- junky
- lousy
- mangy
- mean
- mediocre
- meretricious
- no bargain
- no good
- ordinary
- paltry
- poor
- ratty
- raunchy
- rinky-dink
- rotten
- rubbishy
- scroungy
- second-rate
- shoddy
- sleazy
- small-time
- tatty
- tawdry
- terrible
- trashy
- trumpery
- two-bit
- valueless
- white elephant
- worthless
cheapest
adjective. inferior, low in quality
- bad
- base
- bogus
- catchpenny
- cheesy
- common
- commonplace
- crappy
- cruddy
- dud
- flashy
- garbage
- garish
- glitzy
- junky
- lousy
- mangy
- mean
- mediocre
- meretricious
- no bargain
- no good
- ordinary
- paltry
- poor
- ratty
- raunchy
- rinky-dink
- rotten
- rubbishy
- scroungy
- second-rate
- shoddy
- sleazy
- small-time
- tatty
- tawdry
- terrible
- trashy
- trumpery
- two-bit
- valueless
- white elephant
- worthless
ragged
adjective. worn-out; in shreds
- badly dressed
- badly worn
- battered
- broken
- contemptible
- crude
- desultory
- dilapidated
- dingy
- disorganized
- down at the heel
- fragmented
- frayed
- frazzled
- full of holes
- in holes
- in rags
- in tatters
- irregular
- jagged
- mean
- moth-eaten
- notched
- patched
- poor
- poorly made
- rent
- rough
- rugged
- scraggy
- seedy
- serrated
- shabby
- shaggy
- shoddy
- shredded
- tacky
- tattered
- tatty
- threadbare
- torn
- uneven
- unfinished
- unkempt
- unpressed
- worse for wear
scrubby
adjective. shabby
- all the worse for wear
- bare
- bedraggled
- broken-down
- crummy
- cure
- decayed
- decaying
- decrepit
- degenerated
- desolate
- deteriorated
- deteriorating
- dilapidated
- dingy
- disfigured
- disreputable
- dog-eared
- down-at-heel
- faded
- frayed
- gone to seed
- mangy
- meager
- mean
- miserable
- moth-eaten
- neglected
- pitiful
- poor
- pot
- poverty-stricken
- ragged
- ramshackle
- ratty
- rickety
- ruined
- ruinous
- run-down
- rundown
- scruffy
- seedy
- shoddy
- sleazy
- slipshod
- squalid
- tacky
- tattered
- tatty
- threadbare
- tired
- worn
- worn-out
- worse for wear
- wretched
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