Down-at-the-heels
Down-at-the-heels adjective - Showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect.
Usage example: the stately mansion where he lives now is a far cry from the down-at-the-heels triple-decker in which he grew up
Tattered and down-at-the-heels are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tattered" instead an adjective phrase "Down-at-the-heels".
Tattered
Tattered adjective - Wearing torn or worn out clothes.
Usage example: arrived at the refugee camp tattered and exhausted
Down-at-the-heels and tattered are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Down-at-the-heels" instead an adjective "Tattered".
Nearby Words: tatter, tattering
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- shabby and down-at-the-heels
- shabby and tattered
- ragged and down-at-the-heels
- ragged and tattered
- seedy and down-at-the-heels
- seedy and tattered
- tacky and down-at-the-heels
- tacky and tattered
- sleazy and down-at-the-heels
- sleazy and tattered
- mangy and down-at-the-heels
- mangy and tattered
- decrepit and down-at-the-heels
- decrepit and tattered
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