tatterdemalion

The word “tatterdemalion” has 5 syllables: tat-ter-de-mal-ion

It's pronounced as /ˌtætərdɪˈmeɪljən/


What is synonym and antonym for tatterdemalion?

In the thesaurus, “tatterdemalion” has 80 synonyms and 15 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for tatterdemalion along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for tatterdemalion

  • abandoned
  • badly dressed
  • badly worn
  • battered
  • beat-up
  • bedraggled
  • bombed-out
  • broken
  • broken-down
  • damaged
  • decaying
  • decrepit
  • desolate
  • destroyed
  • deteriorated
  • deteriorating
  • dilapidated
  • dingy
  • dog-eared
  • down-at-heel
  • down-at-heels
  • down-at-the-heel
  • down-at-the-heels
  • dumpy
  • forlorn
  • frayed
  • frazzled
  • full of holes
  • godforsaken
  • gone to seed
  • grungy
  • harmed
  • hurt
  • impaired
  • in rags
  • in shreds
  • in tatters
  • injured
  • mangy
  • mean
  • miserable
  • moth-eaten
  • neglected
  • out at elbows
  • out at the elbows
  • poorly made
  • rackety
  • ragged
  • raggedy
  • ragtag
  • ramshackle
  • rattletrap
  • ratty
  • rickety
  • ripped
  • rugged
  • ruined
  • run-down
  • scraggy
  • scroungy
  • scrubby
  • scruffy
  • seedy
  • shabby
  • shaggy
  • shoddy
  • sleazy
  • tacky
  • tattered
  • tatty
  • threadbare
  • timeworn
  • tired
  • torn
  • torn to pieces
  • tumbledown
  • unkempt
  • unkept
  • worn-out
  • wrecked

Antonyms for tatterdemalion

  • brand-new
  • cared-for
  • dolled up
  • dressed up
  • fresh
  • kept-up
  • maintained
  • mended
  • new
  • patched
  • rebuilt
  • reconstructed
  • smart
  • spiffy
  • spruce

Meanings of tatterdemalion

  • noun
    1. A person with tattered clothing.
  • adjective
    1. Tattered.

Example Sentences

  • The streets were filled with a tatterdemalion crowd, struggling to find shelter from the storm.
  • His clothes were so ragged, he looked like a tatterdemalion wanderer.
  • The old man wandered into the village, a true tatterdemalion figure with his torn coat and worn shoes.
  • The tatterdemalion appearance of the group didn’t stop them from achieving their goal.
  • She looked like a tatterdemalion after working in the garden all day.

On this page you'll find 95 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to tatterdemalion, such as: abandoned, badly dressed, badly worn, battered, beat-up, bedraggled, bombed-out.

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  • amputate
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  • broken-down
  • bruise
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  • chip
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  • cut off
  • decrepit
  • dice
  • dilapidated
  • dingy
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  • dowdy
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  • jag
  • lance
  • maim
  • mangle
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  • mince
  • moth-eaten
  • mutilate
  • notch
  • patchy
  • pierce
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  • ragged
  • raggedy
  • ratty
  • rend
  • rip
  • rive
  • run-down
  • saw
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  • score
  • scruffy
  • scuzzy
  • section
  • seedy
  • serrate
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  • shabby
  • shear
  • shredded
  • slash
  • slice
  • slit
  • split
  • stab
  • tacky
  • tatterdemalion
  • tattered
  • tear
  • threadbare
  • torment
  • torture
  • worn-out
  • wound

tacky

  • abandoned
  • adherent
  • adhesive
  • beat-up
  • bedraggled
  • bombed-out
  • broken
  • broken-down
  • cheap
  • cheesy
  • clingy
  • coarse
  • common
  • crude
  • damaged
  • decaying
  • decrepit
  • desolate
  • destroyed
  • deteriorated
  • deteriorating
  • dilapidated
  • dingy
  • dog-eared
  • dowdy
  • down-at-heel
  • down-at-heels
  • down-at-the-heel
  • down-at-the-heels
  • dumpy
  • faded
  • flashy
  • forlorn
  • frumpy
  • garish
  • gaudy
  • gelatinous
  • glitzy
  • gluey
  • glutinous
  • godforsaken
  • gone to seed
  • gooey
  • graceless
  • grotesque
  • grungy
  • gummy
  • harmed
  • hurt
  • impaired
  • inappropriate
  • incorrect
  • inelegant
  • inferior
  • injured
  • junky
  • kitsch
  • kitschy
  • loud
  • lousy
  • low-grade
  • mangy
  • mean
  • messy
  • miserable
  • moth-eaten
  • nasty
  • neglected
  • ostentatious
  • out-of-date
  • outmoded
  • overdone
  • pitchy
  • poky
  • rackety
  • ragged
  • ramshackle
  • rattletrap
  • ratty
  • rickety
  • ropey
  • ropy
  • ruined
  • run down
  • run-down
  • scrubby
  • scruffy
  • second-rate
  • seedy
  • shabby
  • shoddy
  • showy
  • sleazy
  • sloppy
  • slovenly
  • splashy
  • sticky
  • stodgy
  • styleless
  • syrupy
  • tarry
  • tasteless
  • tatterdemalion
  • tattered
  • tatty
  • tawdry
  • tenacious
  • threadbare
  • ticky-tack
  • ticky-tacky
  • timeworn
  • tired
  • trashy
  • tumbledown
  • unbecoming
  • unfashionable
  • unkempt
  • unkept
  • unrefined
  • unseemly
  • unstylish
  • unsuitable
  • untidy
  • viscid
  • viscous
  • vulgar
  • worn-out
  • wrecked
  • wrong

gamin

ragamuffin

ragged

  • abused
  • admonished
  • assailed
  • attacked
  • bad-mouthed
  • badly dressed
  • badly worn
  • basted
  • battered
  • bawled out
  • bedraggled
  • belittled
  • berated
  • blamed
  • blasted
  • broken
  • broken-down
  • bumpy
  • burred
  • called down
  • castigated
  • censured
  • chastised
  • chewed out
  • chid
  • chided
  • coarse
  • condemned
  • contemptible
  • craggy
  • criticized
  • crucified
  • crude
  • decrepit
  • denounced
  • desultory
  • dilapidated
  • dingy
  • disorganized
  • disparaged
  • dissed
  • dog-eared
  • dowdy
  • down-at-heel
  • down-at-heels
  • down-at-the-heel
  • down-at-the-heels
  • dressed down
  • excoriated
  • faded
  • faulted
  • flayed
  • fragmented
  • frayed
  • frazzled
  • full of holes
  • grungy
  • hammered
  • harangued
  • harsh
  • holey
  • in holes
  • in rags
  • in tatters
  • inexact
  • irregular
  • jagged
  • jawed
  • keelhauled
  • knobbly
  • knobby
  • knocked
  • knurled
  • knurly
  • lacerate
  • lacerated
  • laid into
  • lambasted
  • lashed
  • lectured
  • lopsided
  • lumpy
  • mangy
  • mean
  • mocked
  • moth-eaten
  • nonuniform
  • notched
  • nubbly
  • nubby
  • out at elbows
  • out at the elbows
  • panned
  • patched
  • patchy
  • pebbly
  • pitted
  • pocked
  • poor
  • poorly made
  • put down
  • raggedy
  • ragtag
  • rated
  • ratty
  • rebuked
  • rent
  • reprehended
  • reprimanded
  • reproached
  • reproved
  • reviled
  • ridiculed
  • rough
  • roughened
  • rugged
  • run-down
  • rutted
  • rutty
  • sandpapery
  • saw-toothed
  • scoffed
  • scolded
  • scored
  • scorned
  • scourged
  • scraggly
  • scraggy
  • scratchy
  • scroungy
  • scruffy
  • scuzzy
  • seedy
  • serrate
  • serrated
  • shabby
  • shaggy
  • shoddy
  • shredded
  • slammed
  • tacky
  • tatterdemalion
  • tattered
  • tatty
  • threadbare
  • tongue-lashed
  • took to task
  • torn
  • unaligned
  • unbalanced
  • undulating
  • undulatory
  • uneven
  • unfinished
  • unkempt
  • unpressed
  • upbraided
  • vituperated
  • wavy
  • worn-out
  • worse for wear

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