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Adjectives (13)

creaky, screaky

adj. having a rasping or grating sound; "creaky stairs"

arthritic, creaky, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy

adj. of or pertaining to arthritis; "my creaky old joints"; "rheumy with age and grief"

creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone

adj. 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"

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bedraggled, broken-down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down

adj. in deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack"

rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonky

adj. inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; "a rickety table"; "a wobbly chair with shaky legs"; "the ladder felt a little wobbly"; "the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky"

Synonyms (96)

blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous

adj. conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"

boisterous, obstreperous

adj. aggressively noisy: "obstreperous children"

abuzz, buzzing

adj. noisy like the sound of a bee; "the room was abuzz over the latest scandal"

clangorous, clanging

adj. having a loud resonant metallic sound; "the clangorous locomotive works"; "a clanging gong"

clattery

adj. a rattling sound as of hard things striking together; "a clattery typewriter"; "the clattery sound of dishes"

clinking

adj. like the light sharp ringing sound of glasses being tapped

crackling, snapping

adj. having a series of sharp noises as of a wood fire burning: "wished to get out of hearing of the crackling shots"

hissing

adj. like a sustained `s': "`hissing' is the sound a snake makes"

jingling, jingly

adj. having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells; "jingling sleigh bells"

rackety, rip-roaring, uproarious

adj. uncontrollably noisy

reedy, wheezy

adj. having a tone of a reed instrument

stertorous

adj. of breathing having a heavy snoring sound

swishy

adj. resembling a sustained `sh' or soft whistle; "swishing windshield wipers"; "a swishy skirt"

tinkling, tinkly

adj. like the short high ringing sound of a small bell; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"

tinny

adj. thin and metallic in sound; lacking resonance; "an unpleasant tinny voice"

whining

adj. long and high-pitched like a whine or plaintive crying

whirring

adj. like the sound of rapidly vibrating wings

angry

adj. severely inflamed and painful; "an angry sore"

asthmatic, wheezing, wheezy

adj. relating to breathing with a whistling sound

blebby, blistery

adj. covered with small blisters

puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid

adj. abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; "hungry children with bloated stomachs"; "he had a grossly distended stomach"; "eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids"; "swollen hands"; "tumescent tissue"; "puffy tumid flesh"

inflammatory

adj. characterized or caused by inflammation; "an inflammatory process"; "an inflammatory response"

cankerous, ulcerated, ulcerous

adj. having an ulcer or canker

carbuncled, carbuncular

adj. afflicted with or resembling a carbuncle

carious

adj. (of teeth) affected with cavities or decay

caseous

adj. of damaged or necrotic tissue; cheeselike

chilblained

adj. having chilblains; "her poor chilblained hands"

colicky, flatulent, gassy

adj. suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal

debilitated, enfeebled, infirm, seedy

adj. full of seeds; "as seedy as a fig"

diseased, morbid, pathologic, pathological

adj. caused by or altered by or manifesting disease or pathology; "diseased tonsils"; "a morbid growth"; "pathologic tissue"; "pathological bodily processes"

edematous, dropsical

adj. swollen with an excessive accumulation of fluid

enlarged

adj. larger than normal; "enlarged joints"

gangrenous, mortified

adj. suffering from tissue death

ingrowing, ingrown

adj. growing abnormally into the flesh; "an ingrown toenail"

membranous, membrane-forming

adj. characterized by formation of a membrane (or something resembling a membrane); "membranous gastritis"

sallow, sickly

adj. unhealthy looking

sunburned, sunburnt

adj. suffering from overexposure to direct sunlight

varicose

adj. abnormally swollen or knotty; "varicose veins"

weather-beaten, weatherworn, weathered

adj. worn by exposure to the weather; "a house of weathered shingles"

attrited

adj. worn by rubbing or friction

battered

adj. damaged especially by hard usage; "his battered old hat"

raddled, worn-out

adj. used until no longer useful; "battered trumpets and raddled radios"; "worn-out shoes with flapping soles"

dog-eared, eared

adj. worn or shabby from overuse or (of pages) from having corners turned down; "a somewhat dog-eared duke...a bit run down"-Clifton Fadiman; "an old book with dog-eared pages"

eroded, scoured

adj. worn away as by water or ice or wind

tattered, tatterdemalion

adj. worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing; "a man in a tattered shirt"; "the tattered flag"; "tied up in tattered brown paper"; "a tattered barefoot boy"; "a tatterdemalion prince"

vermiculate, worm-eaten, wormy

adj. infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms

threadbare

adj. having the nap worn away so that the threads show through; "threadbare rugs"

shopworn, shopsoiled

adj. worn or faded from being on display in a store; "shopworn merchandise at half price"

waterworn

adj. (of rocks especially) worn smooth by the action of water

well-worn

adj. showing signs of much wear or use

Antonyms (3)

new

adj. unfamiliar; "new experiences"; "experiences new to him"; "errors of someone new to the job"

new, pristine

adj. (unworn)

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