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100 Best Synonyms for “Run-Down”

June 30, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. aging growing old and worn
2. ailing in poor health
3. banged-up damaged and battered
4. battered damaged by wear or use
5. bleak bare and depressing
6. blemished marked by flaws or damage
7. broke-down collapsed from wear or strain
8. broken-down worn out and in disrepair
9. busted broken or worn out
10. careless-looking appearing poorly maintained
11. careworn showing stress and fatigue
12. cheap-looking appearing low-quality and worn
13. creaky showing age or wear
14. crumbling breaking apart from neglect
15. decayed damaged by age or rot
16. decrepit worn out from age or neglect
17. derelict abandoned and in bad condition
18. desolate empty and neglected
19. deteriorated become worse in condition
20. dilapidated in poor physical condition
21. down-at-heel shabby and poorly maintained
22. drab dull and unattractive
23. drawn looking tired and strained
24. dreary dull and depressing
25. enfeebled made weak by age
26. faded losing freshness or color
27. falling apart breaking down from neglect
28. filthy very dirty
29. flat dull and lifeless
30. forlorn sad and neglected-looking
31. frayed worn at the edges
32. frowsy untidy and shabby
33. gaunt thin and worn-looking
34. gloomy dark and depressing
35. gone to seed become shabby with age
36. grimy covered with dirt
37. grubby dirty and shabby
38. haggard looking tired and worn
39. hard-used worn by rough treatment
40. impaired damaged or weakened
41. in disrepair not properly maintained
42. inferior lower in quality
43. jaded tired from overuse or excess
44. kaput broken or no longer working
45. lackluster dull and uninspiring
46. lifeless without energy or vitality
47. low lacking energy or strength
48. mangy shabby and in poor shape
49. marred spoiled by damage or wear
50. mean poor and shabby
51. mediocre not very good
52. messy untidy and disordered
53. moth-eaten worn and shabby
54. musty stale-smelling and old
55. neglected not properly cared for
56. obsolete outdated and no longer useful
57. old no longer new or fresh
58. on its last legs near failure or collapse
59. outdated old-fashioned or no longer current
60. outworn old-fashioned or worn out
61. pale lacking healthy color
62. past its prime no longer at best
63. peaked looking pale and tired
64. peeling coming off in flakes
65. poor of low quality or condition
66. ragged torn and in poor condition
67. ramshackle badly built or falling apart
68. rickety shaky and likely unstable
69. rough not smooth or polished
70. ruinous falling apart or decaying
71. rumpled creased and untidy
72. run to seed become shabby through neglect
73. scruffy untidy and worn-looking
74. seedy shabby and somewhat disreputable
75. shabby looking old and poorly kept
76. shaky unstable or weak
77. shopsoiled made less fresh by handling
78. shopworn worn from handling or age
79. sleazy shabby and disreputable
80. sordid dirty and unpleasant
81. stale old and no longer fresh
82. tattered worn and torn
83. tatty old, worn, and shabby
84. the worse for wear showing damage from use
85. threadbare worn thin from use
86. timeworn worn by age
87. tottering unsteady and near collapse
88. unkempt messy and not maintained
89. unsound not solid or reliable
90. unstable not firm or secure
91. untidy not neat or orderly
92. used hard subjected to heavy wear
93. used-up no longer fresh or effective
94. wan pale and tired-looking
95. weakened made less strong
96. weathered worn by time or exposure
97. wilted drooping and lacking freshness
98. withered shriveled and worn by age
99. worn damaged from long use
100. worse for wear damaged by age or use
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