dilapidated

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American Heritage Dictionary:

di·lap·i·dat·ed

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(dĭ-lăp'ĭ-dā'tĭd) pronunciation
adj.
Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, as through neglect; broken-down and shabby.


Roget's Thesaurus:

dilapidated

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adjective

  1. Falling to ruin: ramshackle, ruinous, rundown, tumbledown. See better/worse.
  2. Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect: bedraggled, broken-down, decaying, decrepit, dingy, down-at-heel, faded, mangy, rundown, scrubby, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, sleazy, tattered, tatty, threadbare. Informal tacky2. Slang ratty. Idioms: all the worse for wear, gone topotseed, pastcurehope. See better/worse.

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adj

Definition: falling apart; in ruins
Antonyms: in good repair, rebuilt

Word Tutor:

dilapidated

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Falling to pieces from lack of care.

pronunciation The dilapidated house at the end of the street is haunted.

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Translations:

Dilapidated

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - forfalden, forsømt

Nederlands (Dutch)
vervallen

Français (French)
adj. - délabré, dépenaillé, déchiré (un livre)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - verfallen, verkommen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ρημαγμένος, ερειπωμένος, σαραβαλιασμένος

Italiano (Italian)
diroccato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - dilapidado

Русский (Russian)
обветшалый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - desvencijado, ruinoso, derruido, dilapidado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - förfallen

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
毁坏的, 要塌似的, 荒废的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 毀壞的, 要塌似的, 荒廢的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 피폐로운, 낡아 빠진, 남루한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 荒れはてた, 傾いた

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) متهدم, متداع ( صفه تستخدم للعفش أو بناء)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮הרוס, רעוע‬


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