All rundown synonyms
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R r adjective rundown
- dilapidated β reduced to or fallen into partial ruin or decay, as from age, wear, or neglect.
- wearied β physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired: weary eyes; a weary brain.
- weariful β full of weariness; fatigued; exhausted.
- derelict β A place or building that is derelict is empty and in a bad state of repair because it has not been used or lived in for a long time.
- disintegrating β Present participle of disintegrate.
- crumbling β to break into small fragments or crumbs.
- annihilative β Serving to annihilate; radically destructive.
- grotty β seedy; wretched; dirty.
- depressed β If you are depressed, you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant.
- deprived β Deprived people or people from deprived areas do not have the things that people consider to be essential in life, for example acceptable living conditions or education.
noun rundown
- divulgation β to make publicly known; publish.
- disclosure β the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
- impartation β to make known; tell; relate; disclose: to impart a secret.
- exposal β (archaic) exposure.
- apercus β a hasty glance; a glimpse.
- lowdown β the real and unadorned facts; the true, secret, or inside information (usually preceded by the): We gave them the lowdown on the new housing project.
- cv β Your CV is a brief written account of your personal details, your education, and the jobs you have had. You can send a CV when you are applying for a job. CV is an abbreviation for 'curriculum vitae'.
- cvs β (in Britain) Council of Voluntary Service
- divulgence β a divulging.
- nutshell β the shell of a nut.
- abc β The ABC of a subject or activity is the parts of it that you have to learn first because they are the most important and basic.
- blow by blow β precisely detailed; describing every minute detail and step: a blow-by-blow account of the tennis match; a blow-by-blow report on the wedding ceremony.
- abc's β The ABC's of a subject or activity are the parts of it that you have to learn first because they are the most important and basic.
- facts of life β any aspect of human existence that must be acknowledged or regarded as unalterable: Old age is a fact of life.
- briefing β A briefing is a meeting at which information or instructions are given to people, especially before they do something.
- build-up β the physical structure, especially of a person; physique; figure: He had a strong build.
- impartance β Impartation.
- characterization β Characterization is the way an author or an actor describes or shows what a character is like.
- conspectus β an overall view; survey
- description β You can say that something is beyond description, or that it defies description, to emphasize that it is very unusual, impressive, terrible, or extreme.
- lead time β the period of time between the initial phase of a process and the emergence of results, as between the planning and completed manufacture of a product.
- bios β Basic Input Output System: the built-in software which controls the primary functions of a PC
- ground plan β Also called groundplot. the plan of a floor of a building.
- characterizations β portrayal; description: the actor's characterization of a politician.
- writeup β Alternative spelling of write-up.
- homework β schoolwork assigned to be done outside the classroom (distinguished from classwork).
- communique β A communiquΓ© is an official statement or announcement.
- breviary β a book of psalms, hymns, prayers, etc, to be recited daily by clerics in major orders and certain members of religious orders as part of the divine office
- curriculum vitae β A curriculum vitae is the same as a CV.
- outline β the line by which a figure or object is defined or bounded; contour.
adj rundown
- dog-eared β having dog-ears: a dog-eared book.
- grungy β ugly, run-down, or dilapidated: a grungy, abandoned mill town.
- dog-tired β utterly exhausted; worn out.
- dead tired β Very tired; completely exhausted.
- all in β If you say that you are all in, you mean that you are extremely tired.
- 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.
- cruddy β dirty or unpleasant
- down-at-heel β of a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-heel drifter and a drunk.