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Meanings of
ramshackle
in English
In deplorable condition.
dilapidated
derelict
bedraggled
tatterdemalion
broken-down
tumble-down
Related terms
damaged
Synonyms
Examples for "
dilapidated
"
dilapidated
derelict
bedraggled
tatterdemalion
broken-down
Examples for "
dilapidated
"
1
A year ago Chesterfield was a slightly
dilapidated
but entirely adequate station.
2
Immediately past the gates, however, stood a series of
dilapidated
mechanics' workshops.
3
Experts and engineers had said
dilapidated
machinery was responsible for the accident.
4
Iraq's infrastructure is
dilapidated
after decades of war, sanctions and economic decline.
5
The cowyards in many districts were formerly in a very
dilapidated
condition.
1
Turning back, Rardove sailed a brief look over the young,
derelict
soldiers.
2
The building seemed even more
derelict
than it had twenty minutes ago.
3
Property porn was a great escape:
derelict
castles, run-down farms, lighthouse conversions.
4
Some promoters didn't share our concern, and staged events in
derelict
warehouses.
5
The city, the island, now carried the haunted feel of a
derelict
.
1
Lionheart then made a quick inspection of the other 'cat's
bedraggled
fur.
2
Even the animals, in their woven willow enclosures, appeared
bedraggled
and morose.
3
He was about the most
bedraggled
and beat-up thing she'd ever seen.
4
At seven I rolled myself out of bed, feeling cranky and
bedraggled
.
5
Nan saw his wet face, with the
bedraggled
hair clinging about it.
1
But its
tatterdemalion
presence relieved her, and her face jerked up scarlet.
2
There, at the corner near the learned Club-house, halts the
tatterdemalion
.
3
This
tatterdemalion
crew of mine is all there is left of my cohorts.
4
A bloodied
tatterdemalion
of a figure was leaning out of the train's cab.
5
Coronado's first bullet knocked a villainous-looking
tatterdemalion
clean into the happy hunting grounds.
1
There are hints of an older past:
broken
-
down
churches; dense, uncultivated forests.
2
Look for the
broken
-
down
open gate to the right of the allotments.
3
He was evidently
broken
-
down
by terror, and engrossed in his own safety.
4
It is now well-known that most superstition is in fact
broken
-
down
ritual.
5
On the contrary, he helped the
broken
-
down
man to leave the country.
1
At the base of the knolls he encountered a
tumble
-
down
stake-and-rider fence.
2
And they live in that little
tumble
-
down
house in Mullen Lane, and-
3
General Grant's headquarters were in the second story of a
tumble
-
down
building.
4
We choose two of the
tumble
-
down
vehicles and go after the ladies.
5
This
tumble
-
down
,
six-roomed cottage was to be the saving of the family.
Usage of
ramshackle
in English
1
The shed was a
ramshackle
wooden affair that had seen better days.
2
A shiny, new double-wide mobile home was parked near the
ramshackle
barn.
3
The
ramshackle
one- and two-story buildings gave way to desert and highway.
4
What about that
ramshackle
manor house in Lancashire you love so well?
5
Alec scrambles from the plane and runs to the
ramshackle
jockeys' room.
6
Too young and
ramshackle
to be the Earl and Countess of Bedlow.
7
Wasn't this
ramshackle
conglomeration of incompetents supposed to be a military division?
8
No description can fitly picture the gloomy desolation surrounding that
ramshackle
place.
9
Key man Misbah-ul-Haq The glue that holds this sometimes
ramshackle
side together.
10
It was a
ramshackle
,
two-story affair with shiftless tenants and ragged children.
11
Paul felt as if the
ramshackle
building had been out at sea.
12
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Peter Williams sets off in his
ramshackle
aluminium skiff.
13
But what do you think -does the show have
ramshackle
charm?
14
They go all through these
ramshackle
upper stories like so many ghosts.
15
Traders hailed them from every
ramshackle
doorway of cloth, wood, or bone.
16
It was a
ramshackle
cabin of logs and mud and corrugated iron.
Other examples for "ramshackle"
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ramshackle
Adjective
Frequent collocations
ramshackle house
ramshackle buildings
ramshackle affair
ramshackle huts
ramshackle structure
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