run-down English

Meaning run-down meaning

What does run-down mean?

run-down

— adjective having the spring unwound a run-down watch

— adjective (= creaky, decrepit, flea-bitten, woebegone) worn and broken down by hard use a creaky shack a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape a flea-bitten sofa a run-down neighborhood a woebegone old shack

Synonyms run-down synonyms

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run-down English » English

dilapidated

decrepit

tired

weak

exhausted

shabby

creaky

wonky

woebegone

weakly

washy

unwound

threadbare

sluggish

prostrate

old

languorous

languid

infirm

groggy

flea-bitten

fatigued

faint

droopy

drooping

derelict

decayed

worn out

worn

well-worn

wasted

uncared-for

tumbledown

trite

torn

timeworn

stationary

static

stale

stagnant

stable

shopworn

relief enamel

pulled-down

played out

overworked

old-hat

neglected

massed glaze

marred