Synonyms of the word derelict


DERELICTABANDONED - BEDRAGGLED - BROKEN-DOWN - CREAKY - DAMAGED - DECREPIT - DELINQUENT - DILAPIDATED - FLEA-BITTEN - NEGLECTFUL - NEGLIGENT - PAUPER - RAMSHACKLE - REMISS - RUN-DOWN - SHIP - TATTERDEMALION - UNINHABITED - WOEBEGONE - WORN

derelict

  • adj. Abandoned, forsaken; given up by the natural owner or guardian; (of a ship) abandoned at sea, dilapidated,…
  • adj. Negligent in performing a duty.
  • adj. Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful.
  • n. Property abandoned by its former owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.
  • n. (dated) An abandoned or forsaken person; an outcast.
  • n. A homeless and/or jobless person; a person who is (perceived as) negligent in their personal affairs and…

abandoned

  • adj. Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably…
  • adj. No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.
  • adj. Free from constraint; uninhibited.
  • adj. (geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.
  • v. simple past tense and past participle of abandon.

bedraggled

  • adj. Wet and limp; unkempt.
  • adj. Decaying, decrepit or dilapidated.
  • v. simple past tense and past participle of bedraggle.

broken-down

  • adj. which has broken down and, as a result, is no longer in working order.
  • adj. not properly maintained; neglected.

creaky

  • adj. Tending to creak.
  • adj. Worn down by overuse; decrepit.
  • adj. arthritic or rheumatic.
  • adj. (linguistics) Of or relating to a special kind of phonation in which the arytenoid cartilages in the larynx…

damaged

  • v. simple past tense and past participle of damage.
  • adj. Suffered a damage.

decrepit

  • adj. Weakened or worn out from age or wear.

delinquent

  • adj. Late or failing to pay a debt or other financial obligation, like a mortgage or loan.
  • adj. Failing in or neglectful of a duty or obligation; guilty of a misdeed or offense.
  • n. One who disobeys or breaks rules or laws.
  • n. (obsolete) a term applied to royalists by their opponents in the English Civil War 1642 - 1645. Charles…

dilapidated

  • v. past participle of dilapidate.
  • adj. Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect.

flea-bitten

  • adj. Infested with fleas.
  • adj. Decrepit or dilapidated.

neglectful

  • adj. Tending to neglect; failing to take care of matters which require attention.

negligent

  • adj. Careless, without appropriate or sufficient attention.
  • adj. (law) Culpable due to negligence.

pauper

  • n. One who is extremely poor.
  • n. One living on or eligible for public charity.

ramshackle

  • adj. In disrepair or disorder; poorly maintained; lacking upkeep, usually of buildings or vehicles.

remiss

  • adj. At fault; failing to fulfill responsibility, duty, or obligations.
  • adj. Not energetic or exact in duty or business; careless; tardy; slack; hence, lacking earnestness or activity;…

run-down

  • adj. (of a person) Tired and exhausted.
  • adj. (of a place) Decrepit.
  • adj. (of a clockwork mechanism) Having the spring unwound.

ship

  • n. A water-borne vessel generally larger than a boat.
  • n. (chiefly in combination) A vessel which travels through any medium other than across land, such as an…
  • n. (archaic, nautical, formal) A sailing vessel with three or more square-rigged masts.
  • n. A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of a ship) used to hold incense.
  • v. (transitive) To send by water-borne transport.
  • v. (transitive) To send (a parcel or container) to a recipient (by any means of transport).
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To release a product to vendors; to launch.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To engage to serve on board a vessel.
  • v. (intransitive) To embark on a ship.
  • v. (transitive, nautical) To put in its place.
  • v. (transitive) To take in (water) over the sides of a vessel.
  • v. (transitive) To pass (from one person to another).
  • v. (poker slang, transitive, intransitive) To go all in.
  • v. (sports) To trade or send a player to another team.
  • v. (rugby) To bungle a kick and give the opposing team possession.
  • n. (fandom slang) A fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either real or themselves fictional.
  • v. (fandom slang) To support or approve of a fictional romantic relationship between two characters, either…

tatterdemalion

  • adj. Tattered.
  • n. A person with tattered clothing.

uninhabited

  • adj. not inhabited; having no inhabitants.

woebegone

  • adj. In a deplorable state.
  • adj. Filled with or deeply affected by woe.

worn

  • adj. damaged and shabby as a result of much use.
  • v. past participle of wear.

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