Synonyms of 'flea-bitten'

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(adjective) in the sense of shabby

Definition

shabby or decrepit

(informal)

Synonyms

shabby

a rather shabby Naples hotel

mean

He was raised in the mean streets of the central market district.

crawling

rundown

a rundown block of flats

lousy

infested

sleazy

sleazy bars

scruffy

a young man, pale, scruffy and untidy

sordid

the attic windows of their sordid little rooms

grubby

His white coat was grubby and stained.

squalid

The migrants have been living in squalid conditions.

tatty (British)

A lot of the houses in the street were very tatty.

decrepit

The film was shot in a decrepit police station.

mucky

grotty (slang)

fetid

unhygienic

scabby

insalubrious

flea-ridden

slummy

frowsty

scurfy

pediculous (medicine)

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in the sense of decrepit

Definition

weakened or worn out by age or long use

The film was shot in a decrepit police station.

Synonyms

ruined,

broken-down,

battered,

crumbling,

rundown,

deteriorated,

decaying,

beat-up (informal),

shabby,

worn-out,

ramshackle,

dilapidated,

antiquated,

rickety,

weather-beaten,

tumbledown

in the sense of grubby

Definition

rather dirty

His white coat was grubby and stained.

Synonyms

dirty,

soiled,

filthy,

squalid,

messy,

shabby,

seedy,

scruffy,

sordid,

untidy,

grimy,

unwashed,

unkempt,

mucky,

smutty,

grungy (slang),

slovenly,

manky (Scottish, dialect),

scuzzy (slang),

skanky (slang),

scungy (Australian, New Zealand),

frowzy,

besmeared,

festy (Australian, slang)

in the sense of mean

Definition

shabby and poor

He was raised in the mean streets of the central market district.

Synonyms

shabby,

poor,

miserable,

rundown,

beggarly,

seedy,

scruffy,

sordid,

paltry,

squalid,

tawdry,

low-rent (informal),

contemptible,

wretched,

down-at-heel,

grungy (slang),

scuzzy (slang, US)

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Synonyms of 'flea-bitten'

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