单词	tumbledown
释义	tumbledown adjective tum·​ble·​down ˈtəm-bəl-ˈdau̇n  : dilapidated, ramshackle a tumbledown house at the edge of town Sherwood Anderson Synonyms beat-up bombed-out dilapidated dog-eared down-at-the-heels down-at-heel down-at-the-heel down-at-heels dumpy grungy mangy mean miserable moth-eaten neglected ratty run-down scrubby scruffy seedy shabby sleazy tacky tatterdemalion tatty threadbare timeworn See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences lived alone on a tumbledown farm that had seen better days Recent Examples on the Web Low walls of tumbledown stone, kept in place as a monument, mark the outlines of the cottages that once stood here. Cathleen O'grady, The Atlantic, 20 May 2022 Above them all is grandmother Muriel (Ann Reid), who lives in a large tumbledown manse where the family will gather intermittently. Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2022 In the tumbledown concrete room that has been commandeered as this sleepy African trading center’s Covid-19 vaccination headquarters, a battered freezer holds stacks of boxes with dozens of small glass vials. New York Times, 15 Mar. 2022 But the halo of wealth of the Bay Area has never reached the tumbledown homes, trailer park and ranches of Round Valley. New York Times, 27 Oct. 2021 Allen Moyer’s set consists of a rotating box that morphs from a tumbledown shack into a graceful farmhouse, a roadside bar, and a college dorm. Justin Davidson, Vulture, 28 Sep. 2021 The bay itself divides the country in two; there are small islands and small coves, a yacht club on the west shore and a tumbledown shipyard on the east. Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Sep. 2021 Activists share tumbledown houses, and a single piece of architecture can serve multiple functions: a townhouse is as much a house as an activist center; a storefront with peeling paint does double duty as a school. Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2021 With no ties to bind him, Cal has acted on his dream and bought a tumbledown Irish cottage advertised on the Internet. Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2020 See More Word History First Known Use 1818, in the meaning defined above Kids Definition tumbledown adjective tum·​ble·​down ˈtəm-bəl-ˌdau̇n  : dilapidated a tumbledown old house tumbledown adjective as in dilapidated showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect lived alone on a tumbledown farm that had seen better days Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance dilapidated neglected abandoned desolate tattered scruffy shabby tatty tatterdemalion dumpy mangy scrubby seedy miserable timeworn down-at-heel grungy ragged down-at-the-heels bombed-out ratty ruined tired threadbare run-down broken beat-up tacky sleazy down-at-the-heel ramshackle wrecked dog-eared damaged down-at-heels moth-eaten decrepit gone to seed mean dingy unkept godforsaken rickety decaying forlorn rattletrap deteriorating deteriorated rackety broken-down destroyed bedraggled worn-out hurt injured impaired harmed Antonyms & Near Antonyms new fresh brand-new rebuilt reconstructed maintained mended spruce patched kept-up spiffy cared-for smart See More
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