All rickety synonyms
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R r adj rickety
- flimsy β without material strength or solidity: a flimsy fabric; a flimsy structure.
- cut rate β a price, fare, or rate below the standard charge.
- beat-up β Informal. dilapidated; in poor condition from use: a beat-up old jalopy.
- anile β of or like a feeble old woman
- deteriorated β Become progressively worse.
- in a bad way β not good in any manner or degree.
- fluctuant β fluctuating; varying; unstable.
- insecure β subject to fears, doubts, etc.; not self-confident or assured: an insecure person.
- dogeared β (in a book) a corner of a page folded over like a dog's ear, as by careless use, or to mark a place.
- dilapidated β reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect.
- impuissant β lacking strength; feeble; weak.
- flawed β characterized by flaws; having imperfections: a flawed gem; a seriously flawed piece of work.
- in-correct β not correct as to fact; inaccurate; wrong: an incorrect statement.
- hospitalized β to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- beanstalk β the stem of a bean plant
- down-at-heel β of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.
- decrepit β Something that is decrepit is old and in bad condition. Someone who is decrepit is old and weak.
- chiffon β Chiffon is a kind of very thin silk or nylon cloth that you can see through.
- creaky β A creaky object creaks when it moves.
- dog-eared β having dog-ears: a dog-eared book.
- house of cards β a structure or plan that is insubstantial and subject to imminent collapse, as a structure made by balancing playing cards against each other: The scheme is so overly complicated that it's likely to prove to be just another house of cards.
- lank β (of plants) unduly long and slender: lank grass; lank, leafless trees.
- featherweight β a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a bantamweight and a lightweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 126 pounds (57 kg).
adjective rickety
- weak β not strong; liable to yield, break, or collapse under pressure or strain; fragile; frail: a weak fortress; a weak spot in armor.
- wobbly β shaky; unsteady.
- aquake β Quaking.
- wiggly β wiggling: a wiggly child.
- disintegrating β Present participle of disintegrate.
- jerrybuilt β Of or pertaining to a shoddily built structure.
- forceless β Without force.
- crumbling β to break into small fragments or crumbs.
- wonky β British Slang. shaky, groggy, or unsteady. unreliable; not trustworthy.
- wabbly β shaky; unsteady.
- jellylike β a food preparation of a soft, elastic consistency due to the presence of gelatin, pectin, etc., especially fruit juice boiled down with sugar and used as a sweet spread for bread and toast, as a filling for cakes or doughnuts, etc.
- weedy β full of or abounding in weeds.
- junky β of the nature of junk; trashy.
- fleshless β Without flesh, lacking flesh.
- hospitalised β to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- qualmish β tending to have, or having, qualms.
- curer β A healer.
noun rickety
- mutability β liable or subject to change or alteration.
- fickleness β Changeability, especially as regards one's loyalties or affections.
- wobbliness β shaky; unsteady.
- capriciousness β subject to, led by, or indicative of a sudden, odd notion or unpredictable change; erratic: He's such a capricious boss I never know how he'll react.
- changeableness β The condition of being changeable.
- fitfulness β The quality of being fitful.
- flimsiness β The quality of being flimsy.
- changeability β liable to change or to be changed; variable.
- disequilibrium β lack of equilibrium; imbalance.
- impermanence β not permanent or enduring; transitory.