Down at heel


Synonyms for down at heel
adj deprived, impoverished

poor
underprivileged
poverty-stricken
penniless
disadvantaged

destitute
indigent
flat
down-and-out
impecunious

penurious
necessitous
beggared
dead broke
dirt poor

down to last cent
unprosperous

Antonyms for down at heel

wealthy
lucky

affluent
rich

privileged
prosperous

Synonyms
adj poor; of or in inferior circumstances

miserable
vulgar
petty
humble
limited
plebeian
menial
base
low
hack
obscure

narrow
ordinary
inferior
common
beggarly
contemptible
ignoble
ineffectual
insignificant
lowly
mediocre

modest
paltry
pitiful
run-down
scruffy
second-rate
seedy
servile
shabby
sordid
squalid

tawdry
undistinguished
wretched
déclassé
second-class
unwashed
proletarian
down-at-heel
lowborn

Antonyms

unrestricted
aristocratic
honest
moral
abnormal
extraordinary
kind

unselfish
compassionate
polite
rich
noble
elevated
superior

high
uncommon
generous
nice
sympathetic
extreme

Synonyms
adj worn-out; in shreds

dilapidated
torn
serrated
broken
rent
jagged
rough
disorganized
notched
mean
contemptible
crude

desultory
dingy
irregular
moth-eaten
poor
rugged
seedy
shabby
shaggy
shoddy
tacky
tattered

threadbare
uneven
unfinished
unkempt
tatty
fragmented
frayed
frazzled
shredded
patched
battered
badly dressed

badly worn
down at the heel
full of holes
in holes
in rags
in tatters
poorly made
scraggy
unpressed
worse for wear

Antonyms

polite
fixed
smooth

complete
even
nice

new
kempt

Synonyms
adj cheap, tasteless

gaudy
run-down
shabby
vulgar
dingy
faded
messy
seedy

threadbare
sleazy
broken-down
crude
dilapidated
dowdy
frumpy
inelegant

mangy
nasty
out-of-date
outmoded
poky
ratty
shoddy
sloppy

slovenly
stodgy
unbecoming
unkempt
unsuitable
untidy
down-at-heel
unstylish

Antonyms

classy
expensive
tasteful

refined
fresh
good

nice
respectable
clean

Synonyms
adj shabby

bedraggled
broken-down
crummy
decayed
decaying
decrepit
deteriorated
dilapidated
dingy
disreputable
faded
mangy
moth-eaten
pitiful

poverty-stricken
ragged
ramshackle
ratty
rickety
run-down
rundown
scruffy
seedy
shoddy
sleazy
slipshod
squalid
tacky

tattered
tatty
tired
worn
worn-out
wretched
all the worse for wear
bare
cure
degenerated
desolate
deteriorating
disfigured
dog-eared

down-at-heel
frayed
gone to seed
meager
mean
miserable
neglected
poor
pot
ruined
ruinous
threadbare
worse for wear

Synonyms
adj shabby

bedraggled
broken-down
crummy
decayed
decaying
decrepit
deteriorated
dilapidated
dingy
disreputable
faded
mangy
moth-eaten
pitiful

poverty-stricken
ragged
ramshackle
ratty
rickety
run-down
rundown
scrubby
scruffy
seedy
shoddy
sleazy
slipshod
squalid

tacky
tattered
tired
worn
worn-out
wretched
all the worse for wear
bare
cure
degenerated
desolate
deteriorating
disfigured
dog-eared

down-at-heel
frayed
gone to seed
meager
mean
miserable
neglected
poor
pot
ruined
ruinous
threadbare
worse for wear

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