All down-at-heel synonyms

adj down-at-heel

• frumpy — frumpish.
• inelegant — not elegant; lacking in refinement, gracefulness, or good taste.
• mangy — having, caused by, or like the mange.
• nasty — physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room.
• out-of-date — gone out of style or fashion; outmoded; obsolete: out-of-date fashions; out-of-date ideas.
• outmoded — gone out of style; no longer fashionable: outmoded styles.
• poky — puttering; slow; dull: poky drivers.
• ratty — full of rats.
• shoddy — of poor quality or inferior workmanship: a shoddy bookcase.
• sloppy — muddy, slushy, or very wet: The field was a sloppy mess after the rain.
• slovenly — untidy or unclean in appearance or habits.
• stodgy — heavy, dull, or uninteresting; tediously commonplace; boring: a stodgy Victorian novel.
• unbecoming — detracting from one's appearance, character, or reputation; unattractive or unseemly: an unbecoming hat; unbecoming language.
• unkempt — not combed: unkempt hair.
• unsuitable — not suitable; inappropriate; unfitting; unbecoming.
• untidy — not tidy or neat; slovenly; disordered: an untidy room; an untidy person.
• stylish — characterized by or conforming to style or the fashionable standard; fashionably elegant; smart or chic: She wore a very stylish gown to the inaugural ball.
• bedraggled — Someone or something that is bedraggled looks untidy because they have got wet or dirty.
• crummy — Something that is crummy is unpleasant, of very poor quality, or not good enough.
• decayed — having rotted as a result of bacterial, fungal, or chemical action; decomposed
• decaying — rotting as a result of bacterial, fungal, or chemical action; decomposing
• decrepit — Something that is decrepit is old and in bad condition. Someone who is decrepit is old and weak.
• deteriorated — Become progressively worse.
• disreputable — not reputable; having a bad reputation: a disreputable barroom.
• moth-eaten — eaten or damaged by or as if by the larvae of moths.
• poverty-stricken — suffering from poverty; extremely poor: poverty-stricken refugees.
• ragged — clothed in tattered garments: a ragged old man.
• ramshackle — dilapidated, run down
• rickety — likely to fall or collapse; shaky: a rickety chair.
• rundown — a quick review or summary of main points of information, usually oral: This brief rundown of past events will bring you up to date.
• slipshod — careless, untidy, or slovenly: slipshod work.
• tacky — not tasteful or fashionable; dowdy.
• tattered — torn to tatters; ragged: a tattered flag.
• tatty — cheap or tawdry; vulgar: a tatty production of a Shakespearean play.
• tired — having a tire or tires.
• worn — past participle of wear.
• worn-out — worn or used beyond repair.
• bare — If a part of your body is bare, it is not covered by any clothing.
• cure — If doctors or medical treatments cure an illness or injury, they cause it to end or disappear.
• degenerated — 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.
• desolate — A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
• deteriorating — Become progressively worse.
• dog-eared — having dog-ears: a dog-eared book.
• frayed — a raveled or worn part, as in cloth: frays at the toes of well-worn sneakers.
• meager — deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest.
• mean — to intend for a particular purpose, destination, etc.: They were meant for each other. Synonyms: destine, foreordain.
• neglected — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• poor — having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.
• pot — a deep hole; pit.
• ruined — 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.