past+cure
41scrubby — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. wretched, shabby; undersize, stunted. See shortness, unimportance. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. inferior, stunted, scrawny; see inadequate 1 , poor 2 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Showing… …
42scruffy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unkempt, shabby. See uncleanness. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. shabby, grubby, straggly, unkempt, ungroomed, untrimmed, unwashed, mangy, ragged, bedraggled, *like a rat s nest. ANT.: neat, tidy …
43seedy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. gone to seed or to pot; shabby, rundown, shoddy, grubby (inf.), grimy (inf.); broken down, ramshackle; poor, indigent. See deterioration, poverty, disease. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. shabby,… …
44shabby — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dilapidated, seedy, rundown, threadbare; mean, sorry, pitiful, contemptible. See deterioration, unimportance.Ant., impeccable, fancy. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [In bad repair] Syn. ragged,… …
45shoddy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. inferior, low grade, shabby; tawdry, gimcrack; sham, vulgar, common; low, mean, ignoble. See vulgarity.Ant., highgrade, superior. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. sham, pretentious, gaudy, tacky*; see… …
46sleazy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. flimsy, gauzy; shabby; shoddy, cheap, unsubstantial. See weakness, insubstantiality. Ant., sturdy, high quality. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. shoddy, cheap, shabby; see shabby , poor 2 . III (Roget s …
47tacky — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj., informal, shabby, shoddy, seedy, cheap, tawdry, sleazy, cheesy (sl.), in poor taste; sticky, adhesive. See coherence, deterioration. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. tasteless unstylish, cheap,… …
48threadbare — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. frayed, tattered, worn[ out]; jaded, weary; trite, hackneyed; scanty. See deterioration, divestment, weariness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Ragged] Syn. shabby, seedy, frayed; see ragged , worn 1 . 2 …
49decaying — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. rotting, crumbling, spoiling, decomposing, breaking down, breaking up, wasting away, falling, deteriorating, rusting, oxidizing, eroding, wearing away, disintegrating, worsening, collapsing, tumbling down, falling to… …
50faded — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. washed out, used, bleached, shopworn; see dull 2 , pale 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Showing signs of wear and tear or neglect: bedraggled, broken down, decaying, decrepit, dilapidated, dingy, down at heel,… …
