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View usage for: (tʌmbəldaʊn) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]A tumbledown building is in such a bad condition that it is partly falling down or has holes in it. Synonyms: dilapidated, ruined, crumbling, shaky More Synonyms of tumbledown tumbledown in British English (ˈtʌmbəlˌdaʊn) adjectivefalling to pieces; dilapidated; crumbling tumbledown in American English (ˈtʌmbəlˌdaʊn) adjective ready to tumble down; dilapidated Examples of 'tumbledown' in a sentencetumbledown But he picked himself up and struggled on past tumbledown horse jumps and rusty oil drums and down to the five-bar gate at the far end.My mother and me, we lived in an old tumbledown manor house overlooking the Bay.The moment he arrived at the tumbledown village on the edge of the cane fields he wished he hadn't bothered. Definition (of a building) falling to pieces bare hills and dusty tumbledown villages Synonyms crumbling disintegrating tottering falling to pieces Opposites firm , sound , solid , stable , substantial , sturdy , durable , well-kept Additional synonymsDefinition weakened or worn out by age or long use The film was shot in a decrepit police station. Synonyms ruined, broken-down, battered, crumbling, rundown, deteriorated, decaying, beat-up (informal), shabby, worn-out, ramshackle, dilapidated, antiquated, rickety, weather-beaten, tumbledownDefinition badly made or cared for a curious ramshackle building Synonyms rickety, broken-down, crumbling, shaky, unsafe, derelict, flimsy, tottering, dilapidated, decrepit, unsteady, tumbledown, jerry-builtDefinition likely to collapse or break She climbed the rickety wooden stairway. Synonyms shaky, broken, weak, broken-down, frail, insecure, feeble, precarious, derelict, flimsy, wobbly, imperfect, tottering, ramshackle, dilapidated, decrepit, unsteady, unsound, infirm, jerry-builtNearby words oftumbledown - tuition
- tumble
- tumble to something
- tumbledown
- tumid
- tummy
- tumour
Additional synonymsa ruined church Synonyms dilapidated, broken down, falling apart, derelict, ramshackle, dilapidated, falling to pieces, tumbledownDefinition weak and unsteady, esp. due to illness or shock Our house will remain on shaky foundations unless the architect sorts out the basement. Synonyms unstable, weak, precarious, tottering, ramshackle, dilapidated, rickety, unsteady, wonky (British, informal) |