Antonyms for dilapidated


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dih-lap-i-dey-tid
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈlæp ɪˌdeɪ tɪd


Definition of dilapidated

Origin :
  • "in ruins, broken down," 1806, past participle adjective from dilapidate.
  • adj falling apart; in ruins
Example sentences :
  • He was fatigued and dilapidated, but he had not caught Donald.
  • Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
  • In the morning a dilapidated iron oil-cask was found in its place.
  • Extract from : « The Einstein See-Saw » by Miles John Breuer
  • In Thebes, in Palmyra, his will and mind have become old and dilapidated as they.
  • Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • It was a big, old-fashioned dwelling, gambrel-roofed and brown and dilapidated.
  • Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • His dress suit of former days he had found much too dilapidated for use.
  • Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • And he began to call his brothers before he was inside the dilapidated dwelling.
  • Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad
  • The slats of the shutter of our office-window are in a dilapidated condition.
  • Extract from : « The New Pun Book » by Thomas A. Brown and Thomas Joseph Carey
  • It was resolved therefore to burn the most dilapidated one—the Concepcion.
  • Extract from : « The Philippine Islands » by John Foreman
  • Above the landing were three unpainted and dilapidated cabins.
  • Extract from : « Left on the Labrador » by Dillon Wallace
  • The town is a dilapidated old concern, as ugly as Huntsville is handsome.
  • Extract from : « The Citizen-Soldier » by John Beatty

Synonyms for dilapidated

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