All dogeared synonyms
dog-ear
D d adj dogeared
- drooping β to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
- droopy β hanging down; sagging.
- mangy β having, caused by, or like the mange.
- messy β characterized by a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: a messy room.
- overgrown β to grow over; cover with a growth of something.
- poor β having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.
- poorly β in a poor manner or way: The team played poorly.
- ragged β clothed in tattered garments: a ragged old man.
- sickly β not strong; unhealthy; ailing.
- slovenly β untidy or unclean in appearance or habits.
- torn β past participle of tear2 .
- untidy β not tidy or neat; slovenly; disordered: an untidy room; an untidy person.
- unwell β not well; ailing; ill.
- worn β past participle of wear.
- flagging β becoming smaller or weaker; dwindling.
- sagging β to sink or bend downward by weight or pressure, especially in the middle: The roof sags.
- wilted β to become limp and drooping, as a fading flower; wither.
- wilting β to become limp and drooping, as a fading flower; wither.
- bare β If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing.
- deteriorated β Become progressively worse.
- disreputable β not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
- meager β deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.
- mean β to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
- miserable β wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
- moth-eaten β eaten or damaged by or as if by the larvae of moths.
- poverty-stricken β suffering from poverty; extremely poor: poverty-stricken refugees.
- ruined β ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- ruinous β bringing or tending to bring ruin; destructive; disastrous: a ruinous war.
- slipshod β careless, untidy, or slovenly: slipshod work.
- wretched β very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable.
- scrubby β low or stunted, as trees.
- degenerated β to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate: The morale of the soldiers degenerated, and they were unable to fight.
- deteriorating β Become progressively worse.
- frayed β a raveled or worn part, as in cloth: frays at the toes of well-worn sneakers.
- worse for wear β (Idiomatic) in poor physical condition due to long or heavy use.
- timeworn β worn or impaired by time.
- used β previously used or owned; secondhand: a used car.
- rundown β a quick review or summary of main points of information, usually oral: This brief rundown of past events will bring you up to date.
- tatty β cheap or tawdry; vulgar: a tatty production of a Shakespearean play.
- cure β If doctors or medical treatments cure an illness or injury, they cause it to end or disappear.
- down-at-heel β of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.
- pot β a deep hole; pit.
verb dogeared
- screw up β a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- double up β twice as large, heavy, strong, etc.; twofold in size, amount, number, extent, etc.: a double portion; a new house double the size of the old one.