" threadbare "

1: showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect;

  * e.g., " ... bought a threadbare couch at a garage sale "

•  Synonyms : 

•  beat-up,

•  bombed-out,

•  dilapidated,

•  dog-eared,

•  down-at-the-heels,

•  dumpy,

•  grungy,

•  mangy,

•  mean,

•  miserable,

•  moth-eaten,

•  neglected,

•  ratty,

•  run-down,

•  scrubby,

•  scruffy,

•  seedy,

•  shabby,

•  sleazy,

•  tacky,

•  tatterdemalion,

•  tatty,

•  timeworn,

•  tumbledown

•  Antonyms : 

•  fresh,

•  new,

•  novel,

•  original,

•  unclichéd,

•  unhackneyed

2: used or heard so often as to be dull;

  * e.g., " ... a novel filled with nothing but threadbare clichés "

•  Synonyms : 

•  banal,

•  cliché,

•  clichéd,

•  cobwebby,

•  commonplace,

•  hack,

•  hackney,

•  hackneyed,

•  moth-eaten,

•  musty,

•  obligatory,

•  shopworn,

•  stale,

•  stereotyped,

•  timeworn,

•  tired,

•  trite,

•  well-worn

•  Antonyms : 

•  affluent,

•  deep-pocketed,

•  fat,

•  fat-cat,

•  flush,

•  moneyed,

•  opulent,

•  rich,

•  silk-stocking,

•  wealthy,

•  well-heeled,

•  well-off,

•  well-to-do

3: worn or torn into or as if into rags;

  * e.g., " ... I loved that threadbare shirt, but after 10 years of wear, it was time to throw it away "

•  Synonyms : 

•  frayed,

•  ragged,

•  raggedy,

•  ratty,

•  seedy,

•  shabby,

•  tattered,

•  worn-out

•  Antonyms : 

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