worse+for+wear

  • 121sleazy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. flimsy, gauzy; shabby; shoddy, cheap, unsubstantial. See weakness, insubstantiality. Ant., sturdy, high quality. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. shoddy, cheap, shabby; see shabby , poor 2 . III (Roget s …

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  • 122tacky — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj., informal, shabby, shoddy, seedy, cheap, tawdry, sleazy, cheesy (sl.), in poor taste; sticky, adhesive. See coherence, deterioration. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. tasteless unstylish, cheap,… …

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  • 123threadbare — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. frayed, tattered, worn[ out]; jaded, weary; trite, hackneyed; scanty. See deterioration, divestment, weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Ragged] Syn. shabby, seedy, frayed; see ragged , worn 1 . 2 …

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  • 124decaying — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. rotting, crumbling, spoiling, decomposing, breaking down, breaking up, wasting away, falling, deteriorating, rusting, oxidizing, eroding, wearing away, disintegrating, worsening, collapsing, tumbling down, falling to… …

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  • 125faded — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. washed out, used, bleached, shopworn; see dull 2 , pale 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect: bedraggled, broken down, decaying, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, down at heel,… …

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  • 126rundown — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. report, outline, review; see summary . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. summary, outline, recap, synopsis, sketch, briefing, abstract, short version. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun A condensation of the essential or main …

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  • 127tattered — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. shredded, torn to pieces, ripped, ragged, cut to ribbons. ANT.: whole, complete II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Torn into or marked by shreds or tatters: ragged, raggedy, tatterdemalion. See BETTER. 2.… …

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  • 128down-at-heel — (Roget s Thesaurus II) (or down at the heel) adjective Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect: bedraggled, broken down, decaying, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, faded, mangy, rundown, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tattered,… …

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