adjective
- Worn and broken down by hard use.
- usage: "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus... Its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack"
- synonyms: decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone
- Having a rasping or grating sound.
- usage: "creaky stairs"
- synonyms: screaky
- Of or pertaining to arthritis.
- usage: "my creaky old joints"; "rheumy with age and grief"
- synonyms: arthritic, rheumatic, rheumatoid, rheumy
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