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/di lap"i day'tid/, adj.reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect.[1800-10; DILAPIDATE + -ED2]Syn. run-down, tumbledown, ramshackle, rickety.
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Dilapidated — Di*lap i*da ted, a. Decayed; fallen into partial ruin; injured by bad usage or neglect. [1913 Webster] A deserted and dilapidated buildings. Cooper. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dilapidated — I adjective altered for the worse, condemned, damaged, decomposed, decrepit, fallen into ruin, far gone, frayed, friable, impaired, imperfect, marred, mouldering, obsoletus, on the wane, ramshackle, ruined, shabby, stale, tabid, timeworn, used,… … Law dictionary
dilapidated — in ruins, broken down, 1806, pp. adj. from DILAPIDATE (Cf. dilapidate) … Etymology dictionary
dilapidated — *shabby, dingy, faded, seedy, threadbare Analogous words: damaged, injured, impaired, marred (see INJURE): ruined, wrecked (see RUIN vb) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
dilapidated — [adj] falling apart; in ruins battered, beat up, broken down, crumbling, crumbly, crummy*, damaged, decayed, decaying, decrepit, derelict, dingy, dog eared*, faded, fallen in, impaired, in a bad way*, injured, marred, neglected, old, ramshackle,… … New thesaurus
dilapidated — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ in a state of disrepair or ruin. DERIVATIVES dilapidation noun. ORIGIN from Latin dilapidare demolish (literally scatter as if throwing stones ) … English terms dictionary
dilapidated — [də lap′ə dāt΄id] adj. falling to pieces or into disrepair; broken down; shabby and neglected … English World dictionary
Dilapidated — Dilapidate Di*lap i*date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dilapidated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dilapidating}.] [L. dilapidare to scatter like stones; di = dis + lapidare to throw stones, fr. lapis a stone. See {Lapidary}.] 1. To bring into a condition of decay or … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dilapidated — adjective Date: 1565 decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse < a dilapidated old house > … New Collegiate Dictionary
dilapidated — adj. Dilapidated is used with these nouns: ↑building, ↑house, ↑shack, ↑tenement … Collocations dictionary
dilapidated — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. decayed, disintegrating, crumbling, tumbledown, ramshackle. See deterioration. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. rundown, neglected, tumbledown, in disrepair; see crumbly , decaying , old 2 . III (Roget s … English dictionary for students
