worn down
11down at heel — ▶ adjective 1 the resort looks down at heel: RUN DOWN, dilapidated, neglected, uncared for; seedy, insalubrious, squalid, slummy, wretched; …
12worn-out — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. used up, gone, destroyed; see ruined 1 , 2 , useless 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Without freshness or appeal because of overuse: banal, bromidic, clichéd, commonplace, corny, hackneyed, musty, overused,… …
13down at heel — Meaning Impoverished. Origin The poor had to make their shoes last continuing to wear them after the heels had worn down …
14down and out — worn out, physically exhausted; destitute, impoverished, penniless …
15worn — adj 1. worn out, time worn, decrepit; deteriorated, decadent, decayed; fallen apart, broken up, disintegrated, decomposed; dilapidated, broken down, gone to wrack and ruin; in disrepair, unimproved, sleazy, Sl. grungy, Sl. beat up, Inf. shot, run …
16down at heel — adjective a) In poor condition, especially due to having worn heels; worn out, shabby. A pair of Oxford mixture trousers . . .fell in a series of not the most graceful folds over a pair of shoes sufficiently down at heel to display a pair of very …
17down — down1 adverb 1》 towards or in a lower place or position. ↘to or at a place perceived as lower. ↘away from the north. ↘Brit. away from the capital or major city. ↘Brit. away from a university, especially Oxford or Cambridge. 2》 to… …
18down-at-the-heels — adjective see down at heel * * * (also down at the heel or down at heel) adj. (of a person, thing, or place) showing signs of neglect and deterioration; shabby a down at the heels house * * * (chiefly US) (or chiefly Brit …
19worn out — Synonyms and related words: abandoned, abjured, ablated, all in, antiquated, antique, archaic, ausgespielt, beat, beat up, beaten, bone weary, burned out, burnt up, bushed, consumed, dead, dead and alive, dead tired, deadbeat, depleted, deserted …
20down-at-heel — also down at heel ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Something that is down at heel is in a in bad condition because it has been used too much or has not been looked after properly. If you say that someone is down at heel, you mean that they are wearing old,… …
