down-at-heel

(-ət-thə-)
adj.

1. Worn out from long use or neglect; dilapidated.
2. Shabbily dressed because of poverty; seedy.

also 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, tatty, threadbare. Informal tacky². Slang ratty. Idioms: all the worse for wear, gone topotseed, pastcurehope. See better/worse.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - udtrådt, afrakket

Nederlands (Dutch)
haveloos

Français (French)
adj. - miteux, éculé (des chaussures)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - abgetreten, heruntergekommen

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - (καθομ.) εξαθλιωμένος, κουρελής, μπατίρης

Italiano (Italian)
mal messo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - maltrapilho

Русский (Russian)
грязный и оборванный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - harapiento, andrajoso, sin un cuarto

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - nedgången

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
邋遢的, 褴褛的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 邋遢的, 襤褸的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 남루한, 구두 뒤축이 닳아 있는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - みすぼらしい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) يبدو أقل جاذبيه أو أناقه عن قبل خاصه بسبب قله الماء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מרושש, עלוב‬

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