<< Back to dictionary

The Meaning of run-down

  • (adjective satellite) having the spring unwound; "a run-down watch"
  • (adjective satellite) worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack"

Synonyms

creaky , decrepit , derelict , flea-bitten , woebegone

Homophones

rundown , rundown

Rhymes

allentown , around , ashdown , baytown , beantown , breakdown , bridgetown , brown , browne , charlestown , charlottetown , chinatown , clampdown , closedown , clown , comedown , cooperstown , countdown , crackdown , crosstown , crown , crowne , down , downe , downingtown , downtown , drown , elizabethtown , facedown , freetown , frown , georgetown , germantown , godown , gown , hoedown , hometown , jamestown , johnstown , knockdown , letdown , levittown , lockdown , lowdown , lown , markdown , marshalltown , mccoun , mccown , mcgown , mcquown , meltdown , middletown , midtown , morgantown , motown , newtown , newtowne , noun , playground , provincetown , renown , rundown , shakedown , shoun , showdown , shutdown , slowdown , southdown , sundown , touchdown , town , towne , turndown , uptown , watertown , williamstown , yorktown , youngstown