decrepit
30 09 2008Adjectives
1. (adj.) creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, 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”;
2. (adj.) debile, decrepit, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly;
- lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality;
- “a feeble old woman”; “her body looked sapless”;
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