tatterdemalion Antonyms

Meaning of tatterdemalion

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tatterdemalion (n)

a dirty shabbily clothed urchin

Wordnet

tatterdemalion (s)

worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing

in deplorable condition

Webster

tatterdemalion (n.)

A ragged fellow; a ragamuffin.

tatterdemalion Sentence Examples

  1. The tatterdemalion beggar stood on the street corner, his clothes in ruins.
  2. The old house was a tatterdemalion, its paint peeling and its windows broken.
  3. The garden was a tatterdemalion, overgrown with weeds and littered with trash.
  4. The tatterdemalion army marched into battle, their uniforms torn and their spirits low.
  5. The tatterdemalion puppet had lost its limbs and its head was hanging by a thread.
  6. The tatterdemalion child wandered the streets, alone and hungry.
  7. The tatterdemalion car sputtered and coughed its way down the road.
  8. The tatterdemalion professor wore a mismatched tweed jacket and threadbare trousers.
  9. The tatterdemalion book was filled with torn pages and faded ink.
  10. The tatterdemalion ship sailed across the ocean, its sails tattered and its hull rotting.

FAQs About the word tatterdemalion

a dirty shabbily clothed urchin, worn to shreds; or wearing torn or ragged clothing, in deplorable conditionA ragged fellow; a ragamuffin.

neglected,dilapidated, down-at-the-heels, tatty, shabby, timeworn, miserable, scruffy, ruined, desolate

fresh, maintained, fresh, maintained, new, brand-new, brand-new,new, mended, patched

The tatterdemalion beggar stood on the street corner, his clothes in ruins.

The old house was a tatterdemalion, its paint peeling and its windows broken.

The garden was a tatterdemalion, overgrown with weeds and littered with trash.

The tatterdemalion army marched into battle, their uniforms torn and their spirits low.