'Dilapidated' definitions:
Definition of 'dilapidated'
(from WordNet)
adjective
In deplorable condition; "a street of bedraggled tenements"; "a broken-down fence"; "a ramshackle old pier"; "a tumble-down shack" [syn: bedraggled, broken- down, derelict, dilapidated, ramshackle, tatterdemalion, tumble-down]
Definition of 'Dilapidated'
From: GCIDE
- Dilapidate \Di*lap"i*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dilapidated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dilapidating.] [L. dilapidare to scatter like stones; di- = dis- + lapidare to throw stones, fr. lapis a stone. See Lapidary.]
- 1. To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; -- said of a building. [1913 Webster]
- If the bishop, parson, or vicar, etc., dilapidates the buildings, or cuts down the timber of the patrimony. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To impair by waste and abuse; to squander. [1913 Webster]
- The patrimony of the bishopric of Oxon was much dilapidated. --Wood. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Dilapidated'
From: GCIDE
- Dilapidated \Di*lap"i*da`ted\, a. Decayed; fallen into partial ruin; injured by bad usage or neglect. [1913 Webster]
- A deserted and dilapidated buildings. --Cooper. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dilapidated'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ablative,
- battered,
- beat-up,
- beaten up,
- bedraggled,
- biodegradable,
- blowzy,
- broken-down,
- careless,
- chintzy,
- corrosive,
- crumbling,
- damaged,
- decayed,
- decaying,
- decomposable,
- decomposing,
- decrepit,
- degradable,
- derelict,
- destroyed,
- dingy,
- disintegrable,
- disintegrated,
- disintegrating,
- disintegrative,
- disjunctive,
- disruptive,
- doddering,
- down-at-heel,
- drabbletailed,
- draggled,
- draggletailed,
- dusty,
- erosive,
- faded,
- frowzy,
- frumpish,
- frumpy,
- fusty,
- gone to seed,
- groggy,
- grubby,
- impaired,
- in rags,
- in ruins,
- informal,
- injured,
- loose,
- lumpen,
- marred,
- messy,
- mildewed,
- moldering,
- moldy,
- moss-grown,
- moth-eaten,
- mussy,
- musty,
- negligent,
- poky,
- raddled,
- ragged,
- raggedy,
- ramshackle,
- ravaged,
- resolvent,
- ricketish,
- rickety,
- rocky,
- ruined,
- ruinous,
- run-down,
- rusty,
- scraggly,
- seedy,
- separative,
- shabby,
- shaky,
- shoddy,
- slack,
- slatternly,
- slipshod,
- sloppy,
- slovenly,
- slummy,
- sluttish,
- solvent,
- sordid,
- spidery,
- spindly,
- squalid,
- stale,
- tacky,
- tattered,
- teetering,
- teetery,
- threadbare,
- time-scarred,
- timeworn,
- tottering,
- tottery,
- tumbledown,
- unkempt,
- unneat,
- unsightly,
- unsteady,
- untidy,
- wobbly,
- worn,
- wrecked