Synonyms of tumbledown

tumbledown

adjective

ˈtəm-bəl-ˈdau̇n 

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

• dilapidated
• neglected
• abandoned
• desolate
• tattered
• scruffy
• shabby
• tatty
• miserable
• mangy
• scrubby
• dumpy
• seedy
• down-at-heel
• ragged
• grungy
• timeworn
• down-at-the-heels
• tired
• gone to seed
• ratty
• threadbare
• bombed-out
• run-down
• ruined
• tacky
• broken
• beat-up
• sleazy
• down-at-the-heel
• tatterdemalion
• down-at-heels
• dog-eared
• moth-eaten
• damaged
• ramshackle
• wrecked
• mean
• decrepit
• unkept
• dingy
• rickety
• forlorn
• destroyed
• decaying
• broken-down
• deteriorated
• deteriorating
• rackety
• godforsaken
• bedraggled
• injured
• worn-out
• rattletrap
• hurt
• impaired
• harmed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of tumbledown

The drive follows several miles of twisting pavement past tumbledown barns and front lawns doubling as auto graveyards. —Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2023

The piles of tumbledown bricks on Long Beach streets took laborious weeks to clear away. —Patt Morrisoncolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2023

After reluctantly moving into a tumbledown 17th-century English cottage, Milli Proust has created a gorgeously unruly and varied source for her craft. —Carolyn Asome David Fernández, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2022

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