Synonyms of tatty

tatty

adjective

ˈta-tē 

as in dilapidated

showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect

the owner has let the restaurant become increasingly tatty over the years

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dilapidated
• neglected
• tattered
• scruffy
• shabby
• mangy
• ratty
• miserable
• tired
• tumbledown
• dumpy
• desolate
• ragged
• grungy
• threadbare
• tacky
• scrubby
• seedy
• abandoned
• down-at-heel
• timeworn
• dog-eared
• beat-up
• gone to seed
• broken
• sleazy
• down-at-the-heels
• ruined
• moth-eaten
• run-down
• down-at-the-heel
• damaged
• tatterdemalion
• bombed-out
• down-at-heels
• mean
• unkept
• dingy
• wrecked
• decrepit
• deteriorated
• forlorn
• bedraggled
• ramshackle
• rickety
• destroyed
• decaying
• deteriorating
• broken-down
• worn-out
• rackety
• godforsaken
• injured
• hurt
• impaired
• rattletrap
• harmed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• new
• fresh
• brand-new
• kept-up
• maintained
• reconstructed
• mended
• patched
• rebuilt
• spiffy
• cared-for
• smart
• spruce

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tatty

Perhaps irony, like water for the swimming pool, is a resource that dries up seasonally in these parts, leaving only a dust bowl of surly resentment and some tatty deckchairs behind. —Jessica Kiang, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023

Shacking up in tatty digs on the premises, the men and women who provide daily diversions for the all-inclusive package tourists have the self-organizing camaraderie of a circus troupe. —Jessica Kiang, Variety, 17 Aug. 2023

Look closely, and the beggar’s left hand has disappeared, tucked inside the placket of his tatty jacket. —Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2023

Stay at the grand but tatty Sofitel Winter Palace, overlooking the Nile on the east bank, or the boutiquey, just renovated Al Moudira, amid farmland on the west bank. —Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 18 June 2023