TATTERDEMALION Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

tatterdemalion

adjective

as in dilapidated

showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect one of those tatterdemalion towns of the rust belt where the factories closed down decades ago

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as in tattered

wearing torn or worn-out clothes an ill-equipped, tatterdemalion army

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Recent Examples of tatterdemalion Overhanging his outer compound wall were the only two remaining shade trees in the citadel, one a dying oak, the other a mulberry tree, and within the compound was a tatterdemalion garden, where a scrawny pomegranate tree drooped with heavy fruit. —Rod Nordland, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2017

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The dilapidated Johnson Inn still stands on a valuable Porter Beach lakefront parcel almost two years after the town of Porter issued condemnation orders.

— Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
Kumar purchased the dilapidated former Burger King last year and plans to convert the building into a commissary and test kitchen to create new menu items for his other restaurants and to provide training for his cooks.

— Tyler Williams, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2025