Canadian English Meaning of threadbare
threadbare
Other Canadian English words related to threadbare
- dilapidated
- neglected
- abandoned
- broken
- desolate
- dog-eared
- squat and solid
- grungy
- mangy
- moth-eaten
- ragged
- ratty
- ruined
- scrubby
- scruffy
- down-at-the-heels
- shabby
- sleazy
- tacky
- tattered
- tatty
- time-worn
- tired
- down-at-heel
- down-at-the-heel
- Gone to seed
- tumbledown
- bedraggled
- broken-down
- damaged
- decaying
- decrepit
- destroyed
- deteriorated
- Deteriorating
- dingy
- forlorn
- God-forsaken
- injured
- mean
- noisy
- ramshackle
- rickety
- run-down
- scruffy, unkempt
- unkempt
- Worn out
- wrecked
- bombed-out
- down-at-heel
- shabby
Nearest Words of threadbare
Definitions and Meaning of threadbare in English
threadbare (s)
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
having the nap worn away so that the threads show through
threadbare (a.)
Worn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; threadbare clothes.
Fig.: Worn out; as, a threadbare subject; stale topics and threadbare quotations.
FAQs About the word threadbare
threadbare
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse, having the nap worn away so that the threads show throughWorn to the naked thread; having the nap worn off; th
dilapidated,neglected,abandoned,broken,desolate,dog-eared,squat and solid,grungy,mangy,moth-eaten
brand-new,fresh,kept up,maintained,new,repaired,patched,reconstructed,spiffy,cared-for
thread maker => Thread maker, thread blight => Thread blight, thread => thread, thraw => to haul, thrave => thrive,
