All down-at-heel synonyms

adj down-at-heel

• miserable — wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
• vulgar — characterized by ignorance of or lack of good breeding or taste: vulgar ostentation.
• humble — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
• gaudy — brilliantly or excessively showy: gaudy plumage.
• dingy — of a dark, dull, or dirty color or aspect; lacking brightness or freshness.
• faded — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
• messy — characterized by a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: a messy room.
• threadbare — having the nap worn off so as to lay bare the threads of the warp and woof, as a fabric, garment, etc.
• sleazy — contemptibly low, mean, or disreputable: sleazy politics.
• limited — confined within limits; restricted or circumscribed: a limited space; limited resources.
• plebeian — belonging or pertaining to the common people.
• menial — lowly and sometimes degrading: menial work.
• base — The base of something is its lowest edge or part.
• low — to utter by or as by lowing.
• hack — to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
• obscure — (of meaning) not clear or plain; ambiguous, vague, or uncertain: an obscure sentence in the contract.
• narrow — of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
• ordinary — of no special quality or interest; commonplace; unexceptional: One novel is brilliant, the other is decidedly ordinary; an ordinary person.
• inferior — lower in station, rank, degree, or grade (often followed by to): a rank inferior to colonel.
• common — If something is common, it is found in large numbers or it happens often.
• proletarian — pertaining or belonging to the proletariat.
• beggarly — meanly inadequate; very poor
• contemptible — If you feel that someone or something is contemptible, you feel strong dislike and disrespect for them.
• ignoble — of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base: his ignoble purposes.
• ineffectual — not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect: an ineffectual remedy.
• insignificant — unimportant, trifling, or petty: Omit the insignificant details.
• lowly — humble in station, condition, or nature: a lowly cottage.
• mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
• modest — having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
• paltry — ridiculously or insultingly small: a paltry sum.
• pitiful — evoking or deserving pity: a pitiful fate.
• run-down — fatigued; weary; exhausted.
• scruffy — untidy; shabby.
• second-rate — of lesser or minor quality, importance, or the like: a second-rate poet.
• seedy — abounding in seed.
• servile — slavishly submissive or obsequious; fawning: servile flatterers.
• shabby — impaired by wear, use, etc.; worn: shabby clothes.
• sordid — morally ignoble or base; vile: sordid methods.
• squalid — foul and repulsive, as from lack of care or cleanliness; neglected and filthy.
• tawdry — (of finery, trappings, etc.) gaudy; showy and cheap.
• undistinguished — having no distinguishing marks or features.
• wretched — very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable.
• declasse — having lost social standing or status
• second-class — of a secondary class or quality.
• unwashed — not cleaned or purified by or as if by washing: unwashed dishes; the unwashed soul of a sinner.
• lowborn — of humble birth.
• broken-down — A broken-down vehicle or machine no longer works because it has something wrong with it.
• crude — A crude method or measurement is not exact or detailed, but may be useful or correct in a rough, general way.
• dilapidated — reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect.
• dowdy — not stylish; drab; old-fashioned: Why do you always wear those dowdy old dresses?