ramshackle

Speech parts

1. ramshackle - Adjective

2. ramshackle - Verb

3. ramshackle - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.

To search or ransack; to rummage.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

derelict dilapidated tumble-down tatterdemalion bedraggled broken-down old crooked rotten crummy weak unstable neglected ruined bizarre
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Antonyms

modern current strong improved stable permanent
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Phrases with the word

ramshackle slums

Examples

a street of bedraggled tenements Source: Internet

a broken-down fence Source: Internet

a ramshackle old pier Source: Internet

a tumble-down shack Source: Internet

After making the harrowing journey and spending time in a UK detention center, they’re given a ramshackle home in a small English town. Source: Internet

Described by its creator as "an average stone-age community," Dogpatch mostly consists of hopelessly ramshackle log cabins, pine trees, "tarnip" fields and "hawg" wallows. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Ramseyer Ramsgate Ramsgreave ramshackle slums ramshackleness ramshackly