18
tattered(adjective, mean, rough, shabby, broken)
15
shabby(adjective, mean, rough, shape, deterioration)
14
ragged(adjective, mean, shabby, worn, used)
13
threadbare(adjective, deterioration, worn)
8
seedy(adjective, worn)
8
tatty(adjective, shabby)
8
worn(adjective, deterioration, used)
8
worn out(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb, worn)
5
torn(adjective, mean, rough, broken, jagged)
4
ratty
4
tacky(adjective, deterioration)
4
in tatters(expression, idiom, mean, rough, broken)
3
frazzled(verb, adjective)
3
moth-eaten(adjective, worn)
3
raggedy(adjective, tattered)
3
in rags(expression, idiom, mean, rough, broken)
3
in shreds(expression, adjective, idiom, shabby, rugged)
2
scruffy
2
affrayed
2
beat-up
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