Thesaurus / worse for wear
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synonyms for worse for wear
- age-old
- antique
- archaic
- hoary
- old-fashioned
- timeworn
- venerable
- aged
- antediluvian
- bygone
- elderly
- fossil
- oldie
- relic
- remote
- antiquated
- back number
- been around
- creaky
- early
- few miles on
- lot of mileage
- moth-eaten
- obsolete
- older
- old goat
- outmoded
- out-of-date
- primal
- primeval
- primordial
- rusty
- superannuated
- battered
- broken
- dilapidated
- disorganized
- fragmented
- frayed
- frazzled
- jagged
- mean
- notched
- patched
- rent
- rough
- serrated
- shredded
- torn
- badly dressed
- badly worn
- contemptible
- crude
- desultory
- dingy
- down-at-the-heel
- full of holes
- in holes
- in rags
- in tatters
- irregular
- moth-eaten
- poor
- poorly made
- rugged
- scraggy
- seedy
- shabby
- shaggy
- shoddy
- tacky
- tattered
- tatty
- threadbare
- uneven
- unfinished
- unkempt
- unpressed
- bedraggled
- scruffy
- unkempt
- badly dressed
- badly worn
- dilapidated
- dingy
- dirty
- disheveled
- frayed
- frazzled
- full of holes
- grubby
- grungy
- in tatters
- messy
- moth-eaten
- shabby
- sloppy
- tacky
- tattered
- threadbare
- torn
- unclean
- uncombed
- ungroomed
- 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
- rundown
- run down
- scruffy
- seedy
- shoddy
- sleazy
- slipshod
- squalid
- tacky
- tattered
- tatty
- threadbare
- tired
- worn
- worn-out
- wretched
- crummy
- decaying
- decrepit
- desolate
- dilapidated
- dingy
- pitiful
- ramshackle
- ratty
- rickety
- run down
- scruffy
- seedy
- shoddy
- squalid
- tacky
- tattered
- threadbare
- worn
- bare
- bedraggled
- decayed
- degenerated
- deteriorated
- deteriorating
- disfigured
- disreputable
- dog-eared
- faded
- frayed
- gone to seed
- mangy
- meager
- mean
- miserable
- moth-eaten
- neglected
- poor
- poverty-stricken
- ragged
- ruined
- ruinous
- scrubby
- sleazy
- slipshod
- tired
- worn-out
- wretched
- 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
- rundown
- run down
- scrubby
- scruffy
- seedy
- shoddy
- sleazy
- slipshod
- squalid
- tacky
- tattered
- threadbare
- tired
- worn
- worn-out
- wretched
- faded
- ratty
- scruffy
- shabby
- shopworn
- tacky
- tattered
- beat up
- damaged
- dilapidated
- dingy
- dog-eared
- down-at-the-heel
- frowzy
- impaired
- injured
- old
- ragged
- run down
- seedy
- timeworn
- used
- used-up
- worn-out
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
How to use worse for wear in a sentence
Conditions in the new country had gone from bad to worse, and if the season should experience another drought, the worst was come.
THE HOMESTEADEROSCAR MICHEAUXShe fixed her imploring eyes on the Virgin's face and on the saints; but all seemed to her to wear a forbidding look.
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONAt home Liszt doesn't wear his long abb's coat, but a short one, in which he looks much more artistic.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYHe saw that the situation was worse than even he had bargained for, and all his irresolution began to return upon him.
ELSTER'S FOLLYMRS. HENRY WOODHence, shortage of ammunition and shortage of water, which last was the worse felt to-day.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONTo travelers blessed with golden sunshine, the Rhine may wear a grander, nobler aspect, and to such I leave it.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEY"I bought them boots to wear only when I go into genteel society," said one of the codfish tribe, to a wag, the other day.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSThe Swiss are freemen, and wear the fact unconsciously but palpably on their brows and beaming from their eyes.
GLANCES AT EUROPEHORACE GREELEY“Alas, mon bon Monsieur, it goes from bad to worse,” sighed the old man.
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOLWILLIAM J. LOCKEWe are drawing near the chateau, and you might as well wear a cockade tricolor as let them hear that.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO WORSE FOR WEAR
- age-old
- aged
- antediluvian
- antiquated
- antique
- archaic
- back number
- been around
- bygone
- creaky
- early
- elderly
- few miles on
- fossil
- hoary
- lot of mileage
- moth-eaten
- obsolete
- old goat
- old-fashioned
- older
- oldie
- out-of-date
- outmoded
- primal
- primeval
- primordial
- relic
- remote
- rusty
- superannuated
- timeworn
- venerable
- worse for wear
- age-old
- aged
- antediluvian
- antiquated
- antique
- archaic
- back number
- been around
- bygone
- creaky
- early
- elderly
- few miles on
- fossil
- hoary
- lot of mileage
- moth-eaten
- obsolete
- old goat
- old-fashioned
- older
- oldie
- out-of-date
- outmoded
- primal
- primeval
- primordial
- relic
- remote
- rusty
- superannuated
- timeworn
- venerable
- worse for wear
- 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
- 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.